REDD+ is a UN program to fight deforestation. But, have local and indigenous communities received their equitable benefits?
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Forest that has been disturbed – but not cleared – by logging or fire can be hard to spot from satellites.
Indonesia has permanently banned new clearing of primary forest and peatland. Here are three benefits of the policy.
A new survey has identified millions of hectares of forest in dryland areas, a finding that boosts the total global forest cover by 9% and has significant consequences for carbon budgets.
A time-series analysis of tree cover loss before, during and after road construction reveals a strong relationship between infrastructure development and accelerating deforestation.
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Associate Professor and Director - TERN Ecosystem Surveillance, Adelaide University
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Conservation Director, Wildlife Ecologist and Microbiologist at the African Conservation Foundation. Lecturer and board member at the Institute of Biodiversity and Non-Profit Studies, University of Buea
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Director, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Indonesia's Director, World Resources Institute
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Research Fellow and Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
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PhD student, University of Manchester
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Senior Research Officer, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)