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Private sector “must tap into expanding sustainable markets” to protect Amazon: CIFOR expert
The private sector will play an important role in the protection of Amazon forests as it tries to tap into future markets promoting sustainability, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research says.
Boosting Indonesia’s wetlands science is key to tackling climate change
Greater scientific understanding of Indonesia’s rapidly disappearing carbon-rich wetlands is needed to help mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a study by the Center for International Forestry Research.
Make it Rain: Planting forests to help drought-stricken regions
As the world grapples with rising temperatures, scientists are trying to find ways to utilise forests to influence rainfall patterns in areas experiencing water shortages or severe drought.
What’s gender got to do with it? Bush meat consumption in the Congo Basin
While bush meat consumption as a driver of deforestation has received international attention, understanding the roles played by women and men in the consumption of wild terrestrial or semi-terrestrial animals will be vital if...
Deforestation from mining in the Congo more than ‘a hole in the canopy’
Seen from the sky, a mining pit might look like ‘a small hole in the canopy’—visually a smaller footprint than the effect of other primary commodity production processes – such as plantation agriculture, CIFOR researcher Louis...
