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25 Aug 2011
Parks “on paper”: Establishing Special Use Zones in Indonesia’s national parks
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 August, 2011)_The severe restrictions on human activity in protected forest areas in Indonesia is threatening the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities and leading to a "conservation...
21 Aug 2011
A balance of the sexes: How men and women can better protect forests together
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 August, 2011)_Forest user groups that are dominated by women are less likely to adopt sustainable forest management practices than...
19 Aug 2011
Romanticising Life in the Forest a Danger for REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 August, 2011)_Local communities that depend on forests for livelihoods are not always conservationists by nature, as is often assumed...
17 Aug 2011
Creating alternative livelihoods: REDD+ pilot projects encourage locals to protect forests
PALANGKA RAYA, Indonesia (17 August 2011)_In a country where more than 60 percent of emissions come from deforestation, forest degradation and changes...
11 Aug 2011
Local stakeholders crucial to end the fight over coal in Kutai National Park
BOGOR, Indonesia (12 August, 2011)_Kutai National Park in East Kalimantan made the headlines in 2009 as a conservation area in danger of being split apart...
10 Aug 2011
Organizations working with REDD+ forget women
BANGKOK, Thailand (11 August 2011)_ The exclusion of women is widespread in the forestry sector even though women are primary users and managers of forests...
10 Aug 2011
Organizations working with REDD+ forget women
10 Aug 2011
Power to the people: community forestry paving the way for sustainable forest management
BANGKOK, Thailand (10 August, 2011)_ Climate change challenges are currently being tackled by community forestry projects around the world, and according...
9 Aug 2011
Including indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge in forest management key to REDD+ success
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 August, 2011)_The full and effective engagement of indigenous peoples and the incorporation of traditional forest knowledge in forest...
23 Jul 2011
In the management of forests, gender matters
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 July, 2011)_At the recent Poverty and Environment Network Conference, some interesting results related to the gender differentiation...
23 Jul 2011
In the management of forests, gender matters
18 Jul 2011
Wealthy households driving deforestation, says new study
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 July, 2011)_High income households are responsible for 30 percent more deforestation than low income households, according to preliminary...
13 Jul 2011
Will REDD+ marginalize the poor? Forest dwellers may not benefit from strong tenure systems
LONDON, United Kingdom (13 July, 2011)_Forest dwellers may not necessarily benefit from living in areas where enforcement of forest ownership is strong,...
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