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Reducing forest emissions: Facts and figures
Hannah Chalmers gives the low-down on how reducing emissions from deforestation can play a central role in tackling climate change.
An eye in the sky watching forests disappear
Remote sensing is crucial for getting the measure of forest loss. Countries don't need their own satellites but they do need training.
Chinese rubber rush leads to 'ecological credit crunch'
China's profitable rubber industry is a boon for some rural communities, but the environmental costs could be much higher.
Growing money on trees?
Growing forests might be easy but getting developing-country forests onto the carbon market is proving more difficult.
Palm oil tries to show its sustainable side
The palm oil industry needs to prove its sustainability and is turning to scientists for ways to minimise harm, reports Richard Stone.
Landslide victory: Bioengineering in Nepal
Nepal is using plants and modern engineering to combat the landslides that regularly plague the nation. Badri Paudyal reports.
FEATURE | 16 August 2007 | EN
Community forestry: the regreening of the Himalayas
Leafy forests replanted by communities in Nepal are flying in the face of accepted conservation practice, reports T. V. Padma.
FEATURE | 16 August 2007 | EN
Bhutan's balancing act: Happiness vs. development
T. V. Padma reports on Bhutan's dilemma: how to reconcile conservation, economic development and happiness in a modern world.
Congolese pygmies use GPS to save trees
The Mbendjele pygmies can now protect trees from loggers by mapping their positions using a GPS system, reports Michael Hopkin.
FEATURE | 27 July 2007 | EN
Getting to the root of killer dust storms
Dust storms in China have been increasing, but a project in Bayinhushu shows how to reduce them, reports Dennis Normile.
Indonesia's peatlands: A golden carbon ticket?
Indonesia's carbon-storing peatlands are interesting the world's carbon-traders. But that's news to the locals, reports Gillian Murdoch.
'Frontline' Nicaraguans hit hard by climate change
Climate change means Nicaragua's Miskito Indians can no longer rely on the weather to survive, reports Annie Kelly.
The bad side of biofuel: palm oil in Indonesia
The popularity of palm oil as a biofuel is a disaster for Indonesia's forests, providing cover for illegal loggers and destroying biodiversity in the region, reports Ian MacKinnon.
Digital mapping shows the way forward
Today's maps are sophisticated tools, helping developing countries track everything from drought to disease, reports TV Padma.
FEATURE | 6 March 2007 | EN
Seeds of change: rebuilding a Brazilian rainforest
Scientists have embarked on an ambitious plan to restore the ecosystems of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest devastated by deforestation, reports Bernice Wuethrich.
FEATURE | 23 February 2007 | EN
How to rehydrate a peatland rainforest
Lucy Williamson reports on the problems faced by a project to rehabilitate Indonesia's depleted peatland rainforests.
Brazil faces forecast of heat and dust
New climate change models predict a heavy impact from global warming on Brazil's biodiversity, agriculture and health, reports Helen Mendes.
FEATURE | 8 February 2007 | EN
Racing to save the Amazon
Conservation is seeing a surge in 'quick and dirty' biodiversity surveys with an emphasis on local participation. Thomas Hayden reports from the Amazon.
Zero tillage: Brazil's own green revolution
A Brazilian farming method that is greener and boosts growth is reaching its small farmers and maybe the world, reports Bernardo Esteves.
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