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Paving the Amazon: Study helps predict potential deforestation rates along major highways
CIFOR scientists are helping to estimate the extent of deforestation that accompanies road paving in the Amazon — even before such roads have been built — which could allow state planners to better assess the costs and benefits...
The world’s kidneys: Why forests matter for World Water Day and Rio+20
The fact that trees play a critical role in supplying clean water is a point yet to be fully grasped by many cities in the world. Not New York City, which is actively protecting a forest 100 miles away for the role its trees play...
Khat cultivation in Ethiopia fuels economy, reduces deforestation
Khat — a leafy plant used as a natural stimulant in the Horn of Africa — has become the backbone of the region’s economy, providing the main source of income for farmers, as well as jobs for thousands of others employed in the...
Female negotiators at Rio+20 must forge common front to give a voice to forest-dependent women
Female negotiators across all development sectors at this year’s Rio+ 20 conference must form a united front to push for recognition and polices that support women in the sustainable management of forests – an effort vital for...
Harnessing the Timber Companies: Vignettes from a Year in Borneo
Much forest research has focused on logging. This excerpt from Vignettes from a Year in Borneo briefly discusses a planned, never implemented, but potentially valuable approach to involving local communities in monitoring (and...
