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News
- 22 Dec 2012
Landscape-based certification scheme aims to lift poverty by engaging communities
Landscape labelling offers payments to community-based organisations to manage unique and diverse rural landscapes.
Video
- 14 Dec 2012
Bamboo carbon credits now on sale in China: INBAR
In China, bamboo is now recognized as carbon offset, and as a tool for climate change mitigation measures.
News
- 12 Nov 2012
For Zambian honey farmers, text messaging has sweet rewards
The Zambia Honey Council connects suppliers to the market in novel ways.
Event Coverage
- 13 Jul 2012
“Bootleggers and Baptists” coalitions will help forest certification schemes expand
Developing country governments and firms operating in tropical forests need to be brought into coalitions for change.
Event Coverage
- 26 Jun 2012
Communities are not companies: New approach needed for community managed forests
Research from Brazil illustrates the disconnect between policy and reality.
News
- 18 May 2012
Carving a new future: Jepara furniture industry bounces back after global financial crisis
"The only solution is for suppliers to diversify their markets," explains CIFOR scientist Herry Purnomo.
Event Coverage
- 15 Mar 2012
Reforming Brazil’s forest law: defeat or discernment?
Farmers involved in illegal deforestation would be forgiven under proposed amnesty.
Interview
- 18 Jan 2012
New timber regulation to force companies away from business-as-usual practices
An expert in international trade believes the next decade will 'close the loopholes' for industry.
News
- 16 Nov 2011
Smallholder farmers risk being forgotten in sustainable biofuels race
“It might be too arduous a burden for these farmers to take on additional environmental and social responsibilities.”
Event Coverage
- 14 Nov 2011
No premium price for legal timber, only market access to EU, say officials
“I don’t think we’re going to see any formalized green premium,” announces DFID official.
News
- 28 Oct 2011
Biofuel standards need improvement to protect rainforests
An unclear definition of 'degraded land' is just one of the problems.
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