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Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) shows significant promise, but some barriers remain By Doug Johnson This article is a part of the Global Landscapes Forum coverage of the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting in Niamey, Niger, 26-28 September.  According to Wanjira Mathai, Co-chair of the World Resource Institute’s (WRI) Global Restoration Council and Chairperson of the Green […]

With its second annual conference upcoming, the ambitious African Forest Landscape Initiative has already begun to change the face of land use in Africa By Gabrielle Lipton This article is a part of the Global Landscapes Forum coverage of the AFR100 Second Annual Partnership Meeting in Niamey, Niger, 26-28 September.  Imagine having a string tied […]

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How trees may be a first defense in the battle against disaster By Douglas Sheil, originally posted on Forests News The 12-year absence of major hurricane landfalls in the continental USA ended earlier this year: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma… perhaps the list and the destruction will continue. But what does this have to do with forests? As […]

By Johan Kieft (UN Environment – Regional technical specialist) and Richard Wecker (UNICEF Indonesia – DRR specialist), originally published on the UN-REDD blog. Large-scale conversion of natural peatland and forests to croplands on the islands Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan) and Papua has radically altered the lives and livelihoods of millions of Indonesians in recent decades. Slash-and-burn […]

How satellites can help map and monitor critical peat landscapes By Catriona Croft-Cusworth, originally published on Forests News Dense, damp and often remote, tropical peatlands are notoriously difficult to map and monitor on the ground. So how about from space? New methods using satellite data are finding increasing success in assessing the extent, distribution and […]