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Event Coverage
- 22 Oct 2012
Farm area ‘the size of Switzerland’ needed to meet India’s biofuel shortage
Agroforestry systems could provide solution to biofuel demand.
12 Oct 2012
Producers and traders should be more responsible for charcoal decision-making
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (12 October, 2012)_As part of efforts to sustainably manage charcoal production in West Africa, policy makers should consider giving...
News
- 3 Sep 2012
Cattle ranching and law enforcement key areas of action to slow Bolivia’s deforestation rate
Concrete and country-specific information on drivers of deforestation are required to protects carbon-rich forests.
Event Coverage
- 27 Aug 2012
Development and conservation in the Amazon: which way forward?
Aligning environmental and development policy objectives in the Amazon.
Feature
- 12 Jun 2012
Amid Brazil Forest Code controversy, will Presidential vetoes benefit forests?
Many forget that deforestation is not due a lack of ambitious legislation, but rather the lack of political will to enforce it.
News
- 6 Jun 2012
Rio+20: Exploring the livelihood and environmental impacts of biofuels in the tropics
Can biofuel production manage conservation and development trade-offs?
News
- 21 Mar 2012
Khat cultivation in Ethiopia fuels economy, reduces deforestation
The versatile crop has come to dominate Ethiopian agriculture - perhaps too much.
News
- 22 Feb 2012
Cooperation between Lao farmers needed to meet market demands for food
Modern, market-driven cooperatives are replacing initiatives managed by the state.
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
- 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.
News
- 16 Nov 2011
Smallholder farmers risk being forgotten in sustainable biofuels race
“It might be too arduous a burden for these farmers to take on additional environmental and social responsibilities.”
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