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7 May 2012
New timber tracking tools to bolster global fight against illegal logging
A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat illegal logging, say scientists,...
Interview
- 16 Apr 2012
The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG
"The Letter of Intent was the single most significant game changer in that 25 years of observing the Indonesian forestry sector."
News
- 9 Apr 2012
Are we ready for a ‘new agriculture’ that won’t cost us the Earth?
Sustainably feeding seven billion people will require a more holistic approach.
Event Coverage
- 3 Apr 2012
Brazil forges forward on path to sustainable forest development
"In Rio in 1992, I think my country was very brave to host the Earth Summit," announced Carlos Nobre.
Event Coverage
- 28 Mar 2012
Forests becoming ‘human’s garden’, experts worried whether any truly wild places left
"These trends in the 20th century, by and large, continue unabated in the 21st century."
28 Mar 2012
Crippling bureaucracy keeps Congo’s chainsaw millers in legal quagmire
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 March 2012)_Small-scale chainsaw millers in the Republic of Congo risk losing their livelihoods as crippling bureaucracy makes sawyers...
Event Coverage
- 22 Mar 2012
The world’s kidneys: Why forests matter for World Water Day and Rio+20
New York is just one of many cities reliant on nearby forests.
22 Mar 2012
Paving the Amazon: Study helps predict potential deforestation rates along major highways
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 March, 2012)_ CIFOR scientists are helping to estimate the extent of deforestation that accompanies road paving in the Amazon -- even...
News
- 21 Mar 2012
Khat cultivation in Ethiopia fuels economy, reduces deforestation
The versatile crop has come to dominate Ethiopian agriculture - perhaps too much.
20 Mar 2012
Deforestation rates double in the Congo Basin: Report
DOUALA, Cameroon (20 March, 2012)_ Although the level of deforestation in the world’s second-largest tropical forest remains relatively low compared...
Event Coverage
- 15 Mar 2012
Reforming Brazil’s forest law: defeat or discernment?
Farmers involved in illegal deforestation would be forgiven under proposed amnesty.
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