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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Gender equality vital part of forest-based climate action, says CIFOR scientist at COP24
06.12.18-
Environmental health
Poland - KATOWICE, Poland — Failing to address gender equality in forest- and tree-based climate…
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Wild meat for today and tomorrow
05.12.18-
Food security
Worldwide, the meat of wild animals is sought after for a range of reasons. In…
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Recognition of indigenous territories as a REDD+ strategy: An example from the Peruvian Amazon
03.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Peru - A recent Rights and Resources report provides strong evidence on the importance of…
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From commitments to action to fight climate change in Central Africa
02.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The 2015 U.N. climate change conference was a historic moment in which the world agreed…
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World’s leading forestry and agroforestry organizations merge for accelerated impact against climate change
01.12.18Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and International Centre for Research in Agrofore…
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WEBINAR: Community forest concessions in Petén, Guatemala: Effective governance for tropical forest conservation and socio-economic development
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The devolution of forest rights to local communities is seen as a critical element of…
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Mexico’s REDD+ still highly centralized
28.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Mexico - Mexico was among the first countries to launch a strategy for reducing greenhouse…
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Forests in the global bio-economy: Lessons from Indonesia and Brazil
27.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Indonesia - We know we need to ditch fossil fuels and reduce emissions, and fast.…
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Sparking debate over fire use on agricultural land in Indonesia
26.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Indonesia - “I can keep my land fertile and I’m able to work regardless of…
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Bamboo: a sustainable alternative for bioenergy production in Indonesia?
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Biodiversity
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Indonesia - For thousands of years, people in Indonesia have used bamboo for a huge…
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Three weeks to make tastier, healthier crop residues for animal feed
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Biodiversity
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A 21-day treatment process to improve the nutritive value as well as taste of crop…
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Finding a recipe to reduce conflict in state forest areas
19.11.18-
Environmental health
Indonesia - As the global market for biofuels and edible oils grows, investment into oil…
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Tougher FSC certification guidelines would make forest oversight more transparent in Brazil
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Environmental health
Brazil - (Forests News) – An internationally recognized product labelling system designed to ensur…
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Bhutan’s forest resources under pressure: Villagers adapt to change
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Environmental health
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Bhutan - Tshewang Dorji is a forestry researcher. When he is in Bhutan, he usually…
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Lessons from Latin America: Using less, earning more
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Abílio Rodrigues Pacheco is a landowner in the Brazilian state of Goiás who works for…
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A sustainable future for people and nature? It's still possible
12.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Climate change, declining air and water quality, rapid population growth – it can seem overwhelmin…
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Raw materials use tipped to nearly double by 2060, OECD report says
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Environmental health
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Food security
(Forests News) — Rising living standards and population growth will push the use of raw…
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Taking stock of Indonesia’s social forestry program
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Environmental health
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Indonesia - (Forests News) – Indonesia has an ambitious goal of giving forest-dependent communitie…
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