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News
- 20 Dec 2017
Africa and the Paris climate accord: Fuel for thought
Wood fuel in the climate pledges of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Feature
- 20 Mar 2015
It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics
Research shows forests contribute across many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
News
- 12 Jan 2015
In ‘charcoal landscape,’ data on deforestation, emissions hidden in the ashes
In regions considered remote by African standards, monitoring the charcoal industry is painstaking work.
News
- 25 Jun 2014
Once there was a lake: Study highlights complexity of vulnerability to environmental change
Without consultation, central governments risk making a bad situation worse.
News
- 11 Apr 2014
Weather patterns, urbanization add to pressures on Zambia’s forests
Agricultural hardships turn local people toward unsustainable charcoal production in search of income.
Video
- 30 Jan 2014
Finding a balance among charcoal, timber and livelihoods in Zambia
Scientists set up to find the drivers of charcoal production in Zambia and the socio-economic implications.
News
- 23 Jan 2014
Zambia report urges local controls over charcoal, timber trades
Deforestation due to charcoal production has been exacerbated by reduced controls, limited monitoring and ineffective law enforcement.
News
- 27 Oct 2013
Causes of deforestation getting lost in REDD+ rhetoric – analysis
Getting behind the “real problem” means tackling the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, known as the “drivers.”
News
- 9 Sep 2013
Charcoal, chickens and a conservation conundrum in Peru
Charcoal in a different light; not cause of deforestation, but instead a helpful source of income for a lot of very poor people.
News
- 16 Jul 2013
Carbon research in Zambia forests to help build REDD+ strategy
The Nyimba Forest Project aims to build a comprehensive picture of forest use and management in Zambia.
Event Coverage
- 30 Nov 2012
Brave new world: the global trends changing the future of deforestation
The next 20 years are not going to be like the last 20 years... greater pressures from the international trade of commodities expected.
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