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28 May 2013
Farmers need stronger rights and incentives to preserve trees on farms in Africa: study
Despite reforms designed to promote community-managed forests in Africa, local people often have little incentive to preserve them, a new study shows.
23 May 2013
The missing element: Water left out of climate action in the Congo Basin
As climate change takes a toll on the Congo Basin, efforts are intensifying to protect the region’s forests. But new research shows that one crucial...
23 May 2013
Liquid cash or solid investment? Trees offer new approach for Cameroon’s farmers
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon fell the trees in their fields simply to raise quick cash – but the practice could point to a new and sustainable way...
Video
- 21 May 2013
Can biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Approximately 26 percent of the Congo Basin sub-region has been allocated for industrial logging concessions.
Video
- 21 May 2013
Can biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
News
- 20 May 2013
US, EU timber import regulations could bankrupt Central Africa’s small-scale loggers: experts
Small-scale loggers may be driven out of business by international timber policies.
20 May 2013
Forest management in Central Africa: We’ve come a long way but there’s still a long way to go
Management of the forests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa has come a long way in the past 20 years, but there remains much to be done. We need to...
20 May 2013
Mangroves under threat as Cameroonians move toward coast
People migrating to Cameroon's southwestern coast are clearing mangroves at a rate so fast they can't regenerate, scientists at the Center for International...
News
- 17 May 2013
Could radio help mitigate climate change in the Congo Basin?
New project aims to provide policymakers and communities with information to help adapt to climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
17 May 2013
From forest harvest to bubbling businesses in the Congo Basin
There have been hunters and gatherers for as long as mankind can remember and members of many communities in the Congo Basin still extract their food,...
16 May 2013
Q+A: Male-female lifestyles should factor into Congo climate programs
If forest management policies in the Congo Basin continue to disregard the differences between men and women, they'll be inefficient on the ground irrespective...
News
- 15 May 2013
Edible insects improve diets and livelihoods of up to 2 billion people – scientists
Insect biscuits may be the key to food security.
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