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Infographic
- 3 Feb 2015
Tropical wetlands: Mangroves and carbon
Mangrove forests store 3-4x the carbon of land based tropical forests.
News
- 14 Jan 2015
Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
More than 100,000 hectares of peatland forests are destroyed each year for oil palm and agricultural plantations.
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.
Event Coverage
- 1 Aug 2012
Policymakers must consider forests before deciding on sustainable development goals
"If we just look at forests for their carbon, we are missing a whole lot."
News
- 6 Jul 2012
Charred lands: fertile grounds for sustainable agriculture in Kalimantan?
Sites in Kalimantan could be the first scientifically documented instance of Anthropogenic Dark Earths in tropical Asia.
News
- 30 Mar 2012
New tree-planting and water-use methods boost soil carbon to aid food security in Africa
Experts also warn that trading soil carbon 'may have undesirable consequences' for food security.
14 Mar 2012
Mangroves being destroyed at “an alarming rate” yet not mentioned in Rio+20’s zero draft
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 March, 2012)_“Oceans” will be one of the key issues under discussion at Rio+20 to ensure the protection of marine resources, yet...
Event Coverage
- 5 Jan 2012
“Stop Talking, Start Planting”: Children fight for their future
Felix Finkbeiner is on a mission to plant 1,000 billion trees. Really.
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