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Analysis
- 26 Aug 2015
Political economy of fire and haze: Moving to long-term solutions
Indonesia can stamp out forest and land fires, but it will take some serious action.
News
- 12 Aug 2015
REDD+ in Brazil: Coordination needed. Now
Researchers find NGOs, civil society, government and business groups are failing to work together.
News
- 25 Jun 2015
REDD+ in Laos: Think big or fail
"A single agri-business concession, large dam or mine can result in clearing thousands of hectares of forest."
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
- 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.
Analysis
- 25 Mar 2015
How viable are payment schemes for ‘blue carbon’?
Coastal schemes face unique challenges in comparison to terrestrial regions.
Analysis
- 25 Mar 2015
How viable are payment schemes for ‘blue carbon’?
News
- 16 Feb 2015
REDD+ to the rescue of Central Africa’s forests? Not yet, study says
The economics of conservation still aren't working for smallholders.
Event Coverage
- 21 Jan 2015
Voices of REDD+: In Vietnam, payments alone can’t turn tide of deforestation
“Quite early on in the project we decided that the economics didn’t really add up.”
Feature
- 5 Dec 2014
Researchers study future of Kenya’s ‘last big mountain forest’
When the Mau Forest suffers, so do an estimated 6 million Kenyans who depend on it for their water.
News
- 25 Nov 2014
State of sustainability: For three forest-based commodities, ‘a long way to go’
Sustainable development pathways needed for controversial crops; palm oil, shea nut oil and timber.
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