In 2010, Mozambican export figures show almost $49 million worth of timber shipped out of the country bound for China. Chinese import figures show over $134 million in wood landed from Mozambique. The discrepancy of $85.4 million is roughly equivalent …
Thoughts from CIFOR’s Director General: In an earlier blog entry, I discussed how the annual global deforestation area is determined and the fact that this number has been used as a universal indicator of how the world’s forests are faring. I a…
In conversation with Forests News, Louis Verchot, CIFOR’s lead climate change scientist, talks about the importance of accurately measuring greenhouse gas emissions for the success of strategies, such as reducing deforestation and degradation, or RED…
We know that agroforestry can provide a range of benefits for subsistence farmers. But just how does agroforestry reduce farmers’ vulnerability to climate change? New research shows at least five ways.
Done right, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme can bring benefits to developing countries. But, according to Dr. Cheikh Mbow, poorly implemented REDD+ initiatives could negatively impact the very communities…
