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News
- 11 May 2015
Best predictor of severe fires in the Western Amazon? Drought
New research uses ocean temperatures to predict drought - and therefore fire conditions.
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.
Event Coverage
- 13 Apr 2015
Indonesia has a new tool against climate change
The INCAS system will carry out Indonesia's carbon monitoring, reporting and verification.
News
- 1 Apr 2015
In Indonesia, local communities lose out as oil palm expands
Research in West Papua highlights stark reality for indigenous communities.
Analysis
- 22 Mar 2015
Rights, resources and environmental impacts: A complex but crucial link
New study raises more questions at World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.
Event Coverage
- 20 Mar 2015
Sustainable Development Goals and forestry: Lessons from Peru
From fish to granola, healthy forests provide a host of benefits to local communities.
Analysis
- 20 Mar 2015
Forests ‘not only about the environment’: On SDGs, zero-deforestation pledges
Leading forestry experts discuss the need for multiple benefits.
News
- 12 Mar 2015
In hunt for resources, Congo forest communities feel the squeeze, early research shows
Community support from logging companies "generally insufficient and superficial".
Analysis
- 9 Mar 2015
Lima call for climate action: Paving the way to revisit Central Africa’s adaptation agenda
Too much emphasis has been placed on mitigation in Africa.
News
- 9 Feb 2015
In DR Congo, simple rules could reduce the large impact of small-scale loggers
Almost every timber supplier in the capital city is logging without a permit.
News
- 2 Feb 2015
Cheap drones could revolutionize forest monitoring, but turbulence ahead
“A particular issue is with the narco-gangs who certainly will not like these things flying over them.”
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