Implementing a UN-backed scheme to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be difficult, a new study says, until the government addresses corruption, a lack of state authority in some regions, and intermittent fighting between rebels …
Research on forests and gender suggests that differences between men and women should be taken into consideration when designing forest management strategies for the Congo Basin, said Anne-Marie Tiani, CIFOR scientist based in Cameroon.
Programs to support tree planting on-farm are more likely to succeed in areas that are already deforested or where remaining forests are effectively protected, and where farmers have secure land tenure, say scientists.
At Nutrition-sensitive landscapes, a CIFOR and ICRAF organized side-event at the Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, Bioversity International’s researcher Céline Termote spoke about putting people at the centre of the landscap…
