Thinking beyond the canopy 
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Powerful film, posters spark lasting dialogue over future of local forests
A study that aimed to protect the interests of forest dwellers by measuring the value of biodiversity and improving communications with policymakers has had a profound impact due to an innovative public awareness campaign,...
Can rural women also have it all? Voices of “elite women” important for truly oppressed
In recent months, two new “third-wave feminist” writings have become the talk of the town: Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Why Women Still Can’t Have it All and Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. Critics have...
Forest-dwelling Borneo children foresee grim times ahead – study
Children living in the Indonesian forests of Borneo island portray a bleak image of the future, according to preliminary findings on environmental perceptions revealed by a researcher.
Five who make a difference: green pursuits earn innovators forest hero awards
Five people named “Forest Heroes” at an awards ceremony at the U.N.Forum on Forests (UNFF) in Istanbul take very different approaches in the fight to preserve forests.
The Economist says we can simply adapt to climate change. We think they are mistaken.
A recent article in Britain’s The Economist weekly magazine asserted that the air temperature of the planet has been flat for the past 15 years despite a steady increase in the greenhouse gas concentration of the atmosphere.
