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News
- 25 Feb 2015
Global demand can’t loosen local control of a crucial cash crop
The shea industry is a vital economic lifeline for women in Burkina Faso.
Analysis
- 24 Feb 2015
How does land tenure affect agricultural productivity? A systematic review
Research suggests tenure reform in Africa produces relatively modest gains.
News
- 23 Feb 2015
EU plan to curb illegal logging: Think big by thinking small?
Policymakers urged to work with local farmers, or risk turning them into 'outlaws'.
News
- 10 Feb 2015
As climate change and poor habits parch Central Asia, can policy changes help?
As the Aral Sea dried up, local farmers struggled to adapt.
News
- 10 Feb 2015
External stressors pose overlooked threats to environmental payment schemes
National University of Singapore and CIFOR release joint paper.
News
- 9 Feb 2015
In DR Congo, simple rules could reduce the large impact of small-scale loggers
Almost every timber supplier in the capital city is logging without a permit.
News
- 27 Jan 2015
Certification incentives for reducing illegal logging in Brazil may miss their mark
Smallholders are locked out of markets while real deforestation drivers continue.
Event Coverage
- 26 Jan 2015
Voices of REDD+: Whose land is it, anyway? Tenure snags progress in Brazil
“I think sometimes politicians don’t see the importance their decisions have for us.”
News
- 20 Jan 2015
For indigenous voices in land use, a seat at the table isn’t necessarily enough
Research in the Philippines illustrates the stark power imbalances many communities face.
News
- 5 Jan 2015
Protected areas: biodiversity troves and carbon sinks under one canopy?
Research from Cameroon highlights carbon stocks of the Kom-Mengamé Forest.
News
- 1 Jan 2015
Best of 2014: ‘There will be no birds or monkeys because the forest will be gone’
Children's drawings reveal grim perceptions about the future of Indonesian forests.
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