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Fire research in Indonesia
Recent fires in Indonesia's peatlands have caused the worst Singapore smog in 16 years. Find information on the underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia at cifor.org/fire.
Global fund would provide effective means to fuel REDD+ climate program: experts
Efforts to stop an increase in global temperatures can succeed if policymakers put in place a broad governance structure to oversee REDD+ from which money would trickle down through state-level funding to local projects,...
Q+A: Can the REDD+ climate change program produce measurable results in the next 3 years?
Policymakers must see REDD+ achieving measurable results in the next three years to ensure the U.N.-backed framework for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation survives, according to a leading forestry scientist.
Bolivia’s Brazil nut gatherers must establish control over logging operations, says study
Brazil nut gatherers in northern Bolivia must play a greater role in overseeing commercial logging being undertaken in their forests, a study warns, or they risk losing control and income as logging operations increase in the...
Harvesting both timber and Brazil nuts in Peru’s Amazon forests: Can they coexist?
In the Brazil nut forests of the Peruvian Amazon, scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are trying to resolve a controversial question: can selective timber harvesting coexist with Brazil nut...
