Highlights of 2015 for your holiday reading

CIFOR NEWS UPDATE

December 2015

Holiday reading special

The year’s top features, analysis, videos and more

Throughout the year that produced the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate, CIFOR’s research continued to demonstrate how forests contribute across all areas of sustainable development.

Read on for the top picks from Forests News. See the full list of 2015 highlights from CIFOR here.

FEATURES

DON’T INHALE, IT’S TOXIC

What CIFOR scientists found in the smoke from Indonesia’s peat fires shocked them – and sent this article viral.

MORE FEATURES

The long road to ‘zero deforestation’ … whatever that means

It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics

For forests, food and the future, it’s all about biodiversity

10 views on the future of REDD+

ANALYSIS

DROUGHT STORY CAUSES STORM

As Brazil’s drought persisted, tens of thousands logged on to read Louis Verchot’s analysis of how deforestation can mess with the weather.

MORE ANALYSIS:

Satellites can mislead: Policy makers beware!

How does land tenure affect agricultural productivity? A systematic review

Zero deforestation: One wicked problem, three major challenges

Global dry forests: Time to take notice

‘Forgotten guardians’: Local communities in natural resource management

DG’s COLUMN

ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENTS

Reality is more complex than Global Forest Watch and the Forest Resource Assessments would have us believe, CIFOR’s Director General argues in this popular column.

COLUMN HIGHLIGHTS:

Can we trust country-level data from global forest assessments?

Preventing fire & haze: sustainable solutions for Indonesian peatlands

Watchers of forests – what news from above?

Rights, returns and restoration: 3Rs for landscapes

NEWS

HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Why destroying peat is like blowing your life savings on a single purchase – read more.

MORE TOP NEWS

That tricky gender thing: Lessons from Amazonia

In Ethiopia, jobs might grow on trees

Thinking restoration? Think big and think inclusive

Where, when, why: Human-orangutan conflict in Borneo

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation

OCCASIONAL PAPER

People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests

OCCASIONAL PAPER

Social impacts of oil palm in Indonesia: A gendered perspective from West Kalimantan

JOURNAL ARTICLE

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Revisiting the concept of payments for environmental services

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VIDEOS

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

Join scientists on a trip into the fire zone in Kalimantan … but don’t breathe in.

MORE VIDEOS:

Indonesia on fire

Green treasure of the Sahel

A new course for the Congo: Forests, climate change and education

Brazil nuts and selective logging

INFOGRAPHICS

GET YOUR FACTS FAST

Got a minute? Watch this quirky animation to learn about dry forests – an invaluable ecosystem under threat.

MORE INFOGRAPHICS

Just how many tropical tree species are there?

Millions of reasons to love mangroves

GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM, PARIS

THE MOST DYNAMIC FORUM YET

The global agreements are in place, and now the work begins – and it’s going to be driven by local forces, participants at the Global Landscapes Forum heard – read more.

MORE EVENT COVERAGE:

All the youth in the house, please stand up

Landscapes for sustainability: Potential, yes. Finance, not so much.

Restoration as a local solution with global benefits

Smallholders at the heart of Indonesia’s zero-deforestation dispute