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News
- 8 Sep 2016
Q & A: Lessons from Ethiopia for forest landscape restoration
An interview with CIFOR Scientist Habtemariam Kassa
News
- 5 Sep 2016
Q&A: Lessons from Latin America for forest landscape restoration
An interview with Manuel Guariguata, CIFOR Principal Scientist and Team Leader – Forest Management and Restoration
News
- 31 Aug 2016
Q&A: Lessons from China for forest landscape restoration
An interview with Louis Putzel, CIFOR Senior Scientist
Analysis
- 4 Sep 2015
The forest detectives: Searching for proof about forests and disease
Research suggest forest fragmentation increases the likelihoods of Emerging Infectious Diseases being transmitted to humans.
Analysis
- 22 Apr 2015
Satellites can mislead: policy makers beware!
Policymakers must resist the temptation to mistake the map for the territory.
Analysis
- 22 Apr 2015
Satellites can mislead: policy makers beware!
News
- 10 Mar 2015
Study: As forests, grasslands gave way to farms, soil carbon emissions soared
Low carbon strategies are available, but implementation can be complex.
News
- 3 Mar 2015
Sumatran road plan could spell a dark new chapter for storied ecosystem: study
Political frustration and the stalling of REDD+ pushes local communities to deforestation.
Video
- 28 Nov 2014
Outside a national park, agroforestry helping to save forests inside the park
Scientists use local participation and knowledge to determine drivers of land use change and land cover.
Event Coverage
- 26 Nov 2014
Safeguards, finance loom large at UN climate talks in Lima
CIFOR scientists Lou Verchot and Steve Leonard dicuss the main topics of debate in climate change policy.
News
- 23 Jun 2014
Report sheds light on a massive, neglected ecosystem
Research suggests up to a billion people around the world derive their livelihoods from closed-canopy forests and tropical savanna.
News
- 23 Jun 2014
Report sheds light on a massive, neglected ecosystem
News
- 19 May 2014
New tech, better map on tap to protect Indonesian forests
Open data as a means to empowering and building trust between different stakeholders.
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