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		<title>CIFOR: News</title>
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			<title>Beyond carbon storage: the Congo Basin forest as rainmaker</title>
			<link>http://blog.cifor.org/16061/beyond-carbon-storage-the-congo-basin-forest-as-rainmaker/#.UZX3diuSBN0</link>
		<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/16061/beyond-carbon-storage-the-congo-basin-forest-as-rainmaker/#.UZX3diuSBN0</guid><description><![CDATA[Recent studies show how the Congo Basin forests help to generate rainfall both locally and on a sub-continental scale. Destruction of these extensive forests could severely disrupt this process.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Can REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15526/can-redd-drive-change-in-dr-congo/#.UZX3dSuSBN0</link>
	<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15526/can-redd-drive-change-in-dr-congo/#.UZX3dSuSBN0</guid><description><![CDATA[Implementing a U.N.-backed scheme to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be difficult, a new study says, until the government addresses corruption, a lack of state authority in some regions, and intermittent fighting between rebels and government forces in the country’s east.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Could radio help mitigate climate change in the Congo Basin? </title>
	<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15413/could-radio-help-mitigate-climate-change-in-the-congo-basin/#.UZX3cSuSBN0</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15413/could-radio-help-mitigate-climate-change-in-the-congo-basin/#.UZX3cSuSBN0</guid><description><![CDATA[Climate change is hitting the Congo Basin region hard and while communities there and in other parts of Africa struggle to adapt to rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, scientists are trying to help — using radio to spread the word.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Edible insects improve diets and livelihoods of up to 2 billion people – scientists</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15835/edible-insects-improve-diets-and-livelihoods-of-up-to-2-billion-people-scientists/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15835/edible-insects-improve-diets-and-livelihoods-of-up-to-2-billion-people-scientists/</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 1,900 insect species form part of the traditional diets of at least 2 billion people, providing a nutritious food source high in protein, vitamin, fiber and mineral content, scientists have said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Q+A: Committee on World Food Security chair urges use of forest foods in diets</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15824/qa-committee-on-world-food-security-chair-urges-use-of-forest-foods-in-diets/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15824/qa-committee-on-world-food-security-chair-urges-use-of-forest-foods-in-diets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Governments must ensure food security is top of the development agenda as global population expands from 7 billion to a projected 9 billion people by 2050, the chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) told Forests News at a conference in Rome.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Forest produce can mitigate risks of “feast or famine” global food strategy</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15728/forest-produce-can-mitigate-risks-of-feast-or-famine-global-food-strategy/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15728/forest-produce-can-mitigate-risks-of-feast-or-famine-global-food-strategy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Recent news headlines, a plethora of scientific publications and the creation of new academic think tanks all reflect growing concerns over how to achieve global food security — a centerpiece of donor commitments and the focus of many research and development organisations.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists aim to pinpoint role of forests in battle against “hidden hunger” </title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15734/scientists-aim-to-pinpoint-role-of-forests-in-battle-against-hidden-hunger/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15734/scientists-aim-to-pinpoint-role-of-forests-in-battle-against-hidden-hunger/</guid><description><![CDATA[The view that increased crop production is the strategy most likely to achieve global food security could in reality allow farmland to encroach on valuable ecosystems, have a disastrous impact on forests and might not solve food security and nutrition problems, scientists say.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon timber-food balance saves forest smallholder livelihoods from risk</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15678/amazon-timber-food-balance-saves-forest-smallholder-livelihoods-from-risk/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15678/amazon-timber-food-balance-saves-forest-smallholder-livelihoods-from-risk/</guid><description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru (7 May, 2013) – Tropical fruits, leaves, oils, and seeds from the Amazon rainforest provide food, medicine and income for millions of people, but their socio-economic importance for smallholders should not be overshadowed by the revenues reaped from the timber trade, scientists say.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>AUDIO Q+A: Do forest-dwelling children have more nutritious diets?</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/15655/audio-qa-do-forest-dwelling-children-have-more-nutritious-diets/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/15655/audio-qa-do-forest-dwelling-children-have-more-nutritious-diets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) hope new research will clarify the relationship between tree cover and good child nutrition. In the following interview, Amy Ickowitz, a development and natural resource economist with CIFOR, explains the goals of the project ahead of the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition conference.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 19:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Indonesia’s REDD+ pilot province: how is it faring two years on?</title>
<link>http://blog.cifor.org/13720/indonesias-redd-pilot-province-how-is-it-faring-two-years-on/</link>
<guid>http://blog.cifor.org/13720/indonesias-redd-pilot-province-how-is-it-faring-two-years-on/</guid><description><![CDATA[When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono selected Central Kalimantan as the pilot province for his country’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) program, it was widely hoped some of the region’s grave environmental issues — such as large expanses of threatened peatlands and high forest conversion rates — would be addressed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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