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- 17 Feb 2012
Traditional livelihoods decline in Borneo forests as communities rely on mining, logging jobs
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Event Coverage - 29 Apr 2014
How to better manage forests and farms? Start talking
Haze in Riau, Sumatra, is a salutary reminder of how difficult it can be to manage landscapes once some “tipping points” have been passed.
News - 23 Apr 2014
To curb Indonesian deforestation, public pressure required, research suggests
Protecting forests requires a fundamental change to the way business and politics operate.
News - 17 Feb 2014
‘Mosaic’ landscapes seen to reduce fire risk in Peruvian Amazon
Mosaic of different land uses, including crops, natural forests, agroforests and pasture add to farmers' resilience.
Video - 29 Oct 2013
West African lake a field laboratory for long-term landscapes research
Scientists gather data and measure change in eight sentinel landscapes to understand how landscapes transition over time.
Video - 29 Oct 2013
West African lake a field laboratory for long-term landscapes research
Feature - 17 Oct 2013
Biofuels and forests: Revisiting the debate
The complexities of a sustainable biofuel economy reveals the need for improved land and forest governance across diverse scales.
Feature - 17 Oct 2013
Biofuels and forests: Revisiting the debate
DG’s Column - 5 Sep 2013
Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots
Remote sensing is not enough to inform us about the underlying reasons and purposes for the fires, and the entire landscape.
DG’s Column - 5 Sep 2013
Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots
News - 12 Jul 2013
New swidden agriculture monitoring tool aids REDD+
Scientists are now able to monitor generalized patterns of land-use rather than pixels of land cover, allowing for proper analysis.
News - 12 Jul 2013
New swidden agriculture monitoring tool aids REDD+
News - 22 Apr 2013
Forest-dwelling Borneo children foresee grim times ahead – study
Understanding what drives environmental views among children could help inform optimal policies on land use.
News - 22 Apr 2013
Forest-dwelling Borneo children foresee grim times ahead – study
Feature - 26 Dec 2012
BEST OF 2012: Going once, going twice…the great green land grab
Market-based solutions are perceived as the overriding panacea to the world’s environmental problems. Are they?
Feature - 26 Dec 2012
BEST OF 2012: Going once, going twice…the great green land grab
DG’s Column - 26 Oct 2012
Determining deforestation and Deforestation as the determinant
Why is the deforestation number chosen as the one indicator of forest trends provided to the wider public?
DG’s Column - 26 Oct 2012
Determining deforestation and Deforestation as the determinant
News - 24 Oct 2012
Sharing land with tigers in Nepal
Coexistence between humans and top predators may be possible after all.
News - 24 Oct 2012
Sharing land with tigers in Nepal
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