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…
At the upcoming UN climate change talks (COP18) in Doha, 193 heads of state will meet to discuss the very future of our planet. It remains to be seen whether all 193 countries will take the leap and commit to a new legally binding climate agreement.
Jodie Ann Hartill, Ph.D Student and CIFOR researcher, discusses how to measure the sometimes forgotten gases in the climate change debate – methane and nitrous oxide.
Researchers are using an innovative new approach to study the Earth’s landscapes and natural resources to try to figure out how to feed the world, reduce poverty and protect the environment – all at the same time.
