Oil palm, timber sectors must solve communication, tenure issues: panelists
Companies seeking long-term investment must overcome basic communication challenges to build sustainable working relations with communities.
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Results of Cameroon land-fee study hold lessons for REDD+
How REDD+ can avoid the mistakes of the past and ensure benefit sharing mechanisms that are effective, efficient and equitable.
Q+A: Peg Putt on ‘decoupling’ economic growth to save the climate
If “green growth” is an oxymoron, what are the solutions?
Sustainable development in the Congo Basin: Moving beyond the biodiversity agenda
Scientists and policy makers hope to see conservation and development not only coexisting, but blooming together in Africa.
Funds plentiful, but will is weak to fuel low-carbon economy: experts
Momentum building towards a new international climate agreement.
‘Great opportunities’ in agriculture, forestry to mitigate climate change: IPCC Chairman
The 5th IPCC report states agriculture, forestry and land-use sectors combine to account for about 24% of total greenhouse gas emissions.
Singaporean Minister: Economic interests causing ‘environmental vandalism’
Vivian Blakrishnan delivered a blunt assessment of deforestation in Southeast Asia.
Indonesian president calls on successor to continue moratorium on forest concessions
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the remarks opening the 2014 Forests Asia Summit.
CIFOR Director General: ‘Our world is at a turning point’
Upcoming Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change agreements and green economy initiative could change our future.
Research will be key to unlocking Indonesia haze crisis
A workshop in Jakarta highlighted the need for more answers.