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Headlines
- 12 Mar 2019
Orangutan extinction, a rhino resurrection, and using fire to fight fire
Forests News delves into last week's headlines from around the globe
News
- 10 Aug 2015
The Atlantic Ocean holds the key to western Amazon rainfall
Scientists may have discovered root causes of Amazonian droughts and fires.
Infographic
- 3 Feb 2015
Tropical wetlands: Soaking it up
Peatlands help mitigate natural disasters.
News
- 18 Sep 2014
Haze returns to Singapore – and we can expect more of it, new study warns
The smoke drifting over Singapore from burning Indonesian peatlands highlights the need for more research.
Speech
- 5 May 2014
Indonesian president calls on successor to continue moratorium on forest concessions
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the remarks opening the 2014 Forests Asia Summit.
News
- 29 Feb 2012
Indonesian communities coping with crisis depend on forests
Forests become 'a lifeline' in the wake of natural disasters.
16 Feb 2012
“Unjustly condemned” slash and burn agriculture found essential for forest regeneration
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 February, 2012)_Slash and burn agriculture practiced by smallholder farmers results in the best regeneration of valuable tropical...
Analysis
- 14 Feb 2012
Ignoring forests won’t bring Rio+20’s ‘future we want’
The first Rio meeting's emphasis on forests has been left behind.
Analysis
- 18 Dec 2011
Western Amazon in the grip of a “perfect (fire)storm”
Social, environmental and economic forces turn up the heat on Peruvian Amazon.
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