22 January 2015 Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are frequently considered as providing a major contribution to the livelihoods of forest people as sources ... [more]
22 January 2015 Swidden agriculture or shifting cultivation has been practised in the uplands of Southeast Asia for centuries and is estimated to ... [more]
21 January 2015 The CoLUPSIA project conducted an assessment of the potential of establishing payments for ecosystem services (PES) for two regencies in ... [more]
21 January 2015 In Indonesia, logging and oil palm concessions attributed by the government have caused high rates of deforestation and forest degradation. ... [more]
21 January 2015 In Indonesia, natural resources are under pressure from both urban development and commercial exploitation. In Seram Island, Maluku, oil palm ... [more]
16 January 2015 Land-use intensification is a central element in proposed strategies to address global food security. One rationale for accepting the negative ... [more]
16 January 2015 We start this new year by drawing your attention to FAO’s declaration of 2015 as the International Year of Soils. Soil is a precious non-renewable resource, fundamental for our life, which needs to be protected from expanding cities, deforestation, unsustainable land use, pollution and climate change, as they have already resulted in the degradation of one-third of the earth’s soil resources. (In English, Spanish and French) The FAO representative of the Central African Republic declared earlier this month to Reuters that, among other infrastructural damage due to the sectarian war, the forestry sector has contracted by 90 percent, and that unless people are able to find work in the short term, whether in agriculture, forestry, fishing or other areas, he could not see a chance for national reconciliation. (In English) According to a new NASA study, tropical forests seem to be able to absorb more carbon dioxide than expected, in response to rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. (In English and Spanish) A young woman from Viet Nam has been awarded the prestigious international “Future for Nature Award 2015” for the campaign she launched in her country to protect the douc. (In French) The relationship between deforestation, climate change risks and food security is attracting increasing attention. (In Spanish) [more]
14 January 2015 The CoLUPSIA project conducted an assessment of the potential of establishing payment for ecosystem services (PES) for two regencies in ... [more]
10 January 2015 Economic instruments such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes are increasingly promoted to protect ecosystems (and their associated ecosystem ... [more]
10 January 2015 A new model of small-scale mineral exploitation is being driven by Asian investors in East Cameroon and may be representative ... [more]
7 January 2015 Habitat loss and climate change pose a double jeopardy for many threatened taxa, making the identification of optimal habitat for ... [more]
6 January 2015 A commonality in the economics of happiness literature is that absolute income matters more for the subjective wellbeing of people ... [more]
5 January 2015 At the IUFRO meeting on Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems alarming new reports were presented of threats to rare Andean conifers and other species worldwide. [more]
5 January 2015 Bushmeat use in urban areas of the Amazon has received very little attention by NGOs, and environmental and research institutions, ... [more]
26 December 2014 Hal-hal penting: Dengan semakin menonjolnya beragam keterkaitan lintas batas dalam kejahatan lingkungan, terdapat kebutuhan untuk mengidentifikasi sejumlah perangkat untuk meningkatkan ... [more]
