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Analysis
- 8 Jan 2013
A 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
Climate change plus deforestation equates to a perfect storm of biodiversity loss and extinctions.
News
- 1 Jan 2013
BEST OF 2012: Mangrove conservation grapples against development
Local fishermen will be trained in aquatic resource management, but is conservation what the community needs?
Event Coverage
- 27 Dec 2012
“Designer plants” help meet demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation
Scientists hope to replace low-yielding oil palms with selectively bred high yielding plants, dramatically increasingly yield.
Event Coverage
- 20 Dec 2012
How to address new biofuel challenges when impacts on environment and society are ‘mixed’
Can we avoid deforestation while promoting biofuels?
DG’s Column
- 11 Dec 2012
COP18 was not good enough: Time to rethink green sectors’ approach for 2015
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 December, 2012)_The UNFCCC COP18 in Doha worked overtime to finally agree not to disagree. While the green sectors (forestry and agriculture)...
Event Coverage
- 10 Dec 2012
Getting down with the ‘landscapes’ lingo at Doha: COP18 in quotes
It is time for forestry to come out of the forest and contribute more broadly.
Video
- 8 Dec 2012
Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
Mangroves play a very important role in the Arab Gulf ecosystem, for both humans and for animals, especially camel herds.
Event Coverage
- 7 Dec 2012
Efforts to protect roadless areas pick up steam: good news for forests
Clear relationship between building roads and deforestation, but can we still have economic activity?
Event Coverage
- 6 Dec 2012
Living Landscapes: Summary of Forest Day 6
Speakers highlight the need to focus on the interconnections between forests and agriculture and their impacts on people and society.
Event Coverage
- 6 Dec 2012
Living Landscapes: Summary of Forest Day 6
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.
Event Coverage
- 26 Nov 2012
A delay in key decisions at Doha could see REDD+ lose its climate change focus
Fears that REDD+ funding may come with its own set of development objectives that could compromise climate change mitigation.
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