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Best of Landscape News 2019: Livelihoods

13 Jan 2020

Top 10 stories on initiatives working behind the scenes to build and sustain livelihoods in harmony with nature.

Europe swelters, Pacific Islands refuse to die, and climate is a muse

29 Jul 2019

In this news roundup: Cambodia says no to U.S. trash, Greta Thunberg's new pop-rock hit, and how Pacific islands could morph to survive climate change

Two roads diverged in Southeast Asia’s forests

23 Jul 2019

The region’s countries could gain 19 million hectares of forests by 2050 if all goes well – or they could end up losing 5 million hectares.

Tackling logging in Cambodia? There’s an app for that

22 Jul 2019

In the ‘Serengeti of Southeast Asia’, the Prey Lang smartphone app helps Indigenous communities in Cambodia expose and record illegal logging.

Comparing the three peatland regions most crucial for climate change

07 Dec 2018

New journal maps threats for tropical peatlands

Backwards from gender equality: Oil palm’s impact on Dayak women

13 Oct 2016

Pe Ligit* has witnessed massive changes in her lifetime, as waves of migration, logging and oil palm development have transformed Indonesian Borneo.

Warning to forest destroyers: this scientist will catch you

13 Oct 2016

In 2013, Matthew Hansen and his colleagues used satellite data to produce the first global, high-resolution maps of where trees are growing and disappearing

Map of the Week: Tracking Logging Roads in the Congo Basin

13 Oct 2016

The Congo Basin rainforest is one of the most important forests in the world boasting some 10,000 animal species and more than 600 species of trees.

Ratifying the Paris Agreement: Why a push for climate is a push for landscapes, too

23 Sep 2016

The Paris Agreement has now been ratified by the largest emitters, China and the United States, as well as one of the largest forest emitters, Brazil.

Ideas wanted for innovative partnerships to catalyze investment in forests and sustainable land use

13 Sep 2016

Partnerships for Forests, a technical assistance and grant-making program funded by the UK government, has opened its first call for concepts.

Mapping Ghana’s potential for forest restoration

08 Sep 2016

Little was known about the state of Ghana’s forest reserves. New maps are helping to fill these gaps and open up new opportunities for restoration.

The where and when and how of forest cover change in 5 infographics

31 Aug 2016

Today, we have more data about forests than ever before, but we still can’t seem to agree on where, when and why forests are changing around the world.

The limits to growth…of oil palm

25 Aug 2016

Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study.

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