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Feature
- 16 Jun 2015
WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, disappearing rains and new realities
"When they showed us a map of the resources in our village, we realized that we could lose all our forest.”
News
- 9 Jun 2015
Palmed off: Women lose in West Kalimantan oil palm boom
Low wages for long, difficult and insecure work.
Analysis
- 29 May 2015
Countdown to Paris: 10 climate concerns related to forests and land use
Everything from human rights to the Green Climate Fund will be up for discussion.
News
- 6 May 2015
Frontier expansion: Lessons from Bolivia and Pará, Brazil.
“Both regions have experienced a different mix of failure and success.”
News
- 4 May 2015
We need to protect Congo’s forests against shifting cultivation… or do we?
Little conclusive evidence links swidden production with deforestation in the DRC.
News
- 24 Apr 2015
The big spill: Intensive farming alters soils in forest remnants, study finds
Researchers discover high levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, uranium and cadmium.
News
- 1 Apr 2015
In Indonesia, local communities lose out as oil palm expands
Research in West Papua highlights stark reality for indigenous communities.
News
- 10 Mar 2015
Study: As forests, grasslands gave way to farms, soil carbon emissions soared
Low carbon strategies are available, but implementation can be complex.
Event Coverage
- 15 Dec 2014
Small farmers in Peru build climate resilience with innovation, ‘living lab’
“Local capacity to innovate is really crucial for resilience,” says representative of International Institute for Environment and Development.
Event Coverage
- 11 Dec 2014
Traditional herders face uncertain future, forum hears
“Indigenous people have a special relationship with the land and with their territory that is important for their physical and cultural survival.”
News
- 3 Dec 2014
REDD+ on the ground: For one initiative in Indonesia, politics in the peatlands
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership caught up in an Australian domestic political debate.
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