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News
- 12 Feb 2013
Paying farmers to protect forest watersheds in Vietnam & China: The long-term prognosis
Making sure payments for ecosystem services promote the link between ecological stewardship and human well-being.
Analysis
- 8 Jan 2013
A 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
Climate change plus deforestation equates to a perfect storm of biodiversity loss and extinctions.
Event Coverage
- 25 Oct 2012
U.N. recognises new guidelines to better manage competing demands for land
Landscape approach provides a way of managing land based on the social, economic and environmental services it provides.
News
- 10 Sep 2012
Are conservation projects succeeding in the Lower Mekong Basin?
It is still difficult to know whether conservation projects are making an impact – either on conservation or on development.
News
- 9 Apr 2012
Are we ready for a ‘new agriculture’ that won’t cost us the Earth?
Sustainably feeding seven billion people will require a more holistic approach.
News
- 5 Apr 2012
Domesticating indigenous fruit trees puts better food on the table in sub-Saharan Africa
Traditional knowledge meets the latest science, as local farmers tweak nature's bounty.
Event Coverage
- 28 Mar 2012
Forests becoming ‘human’s garden’, experts worried whether any truly wild places left
"These trends in the 20th century, by and large, continue unabated in the 21st century."
Analysis
- 10 Feb 2012
On the Menu: Forests
A special issue of the International Forestry Review highlights forgotten importance of forests.
Analysis
- 10 Feb 2012
On the Menu: Forests
Event Coverage
- 1 Feb 2012
Chillies- a hot and spicy solution to human-wildlife conflict in Africa?
"The greatest challenge is to strike a fitting balance between the needs of humans and great apes."
Event Coverage
- 27 Jan 2012
Insurance, compensation may help mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, experts say
"These schemes need to be applied on a much bigger scale," explained leading scientist Terry Sunderland.
News
- 21 Dec 2011
Undying flame: Replacing fuelwood with bamboo may help to combat Africa’s deforestation crisis
The industry is already worth US$1 billion in China.
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