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By Kate Evans, originally posted on Forests News Nepal – Nepal is a world leader in returning forest tenure rights to local people. But restrictive regulations continue to undermine communities’ attempts to establish sustainable businesses from forest products, experts say. Following sweeping reforms in the 1990s aimed at addressing widespread deforestation, over 20,000 community forest […]

By Pablo Pacheco, originally posted on Forests News Brazil – The successful Brazilian experience in slowing down deforestation in the Amazon has captured a lot of attention in the global arena, but serious concerns linger about its possible resurgence. While it is important to strengthen public and private arrangements to reach zero deforestation, or at […]

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Originally posted at The Global Canopy Program A recently announced USD 400 million fund could help leverage some of the money needed address deforestation. While urgently needed, such private sector initiatives should not replace other, more established ways of protecting the forest. Norway has pledged to put USD 100 million into a new fund that […]

International Women’s Day 2017: Be Bold For Change The statistics on the matter are stark: women do the majority of the world’s work, but only 20% of landholders are women. Un- and underemployment both hit women harder, and the wage gap persists. Unpaid and caring labor remain “women’s work,” while formal sector employment is male-dominated. […]

In recognition of the growing importance of studies regarding Cultural Landscapes, the University of Architecture (Lisbon-Portugal) along with IGI Global Publications (Pennsylvania – USA) invites researchers and practitioners worldwide to submit a chapter for the book “Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation”. This book aims to reflect on the different […]