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Indonesia’s peatland fires and toxic haze: Media discourses across scales of...
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If we’re to protect vital peatlands, we must also protect peatland communities
Emmanuela Shinta of Ranu Welum Foundation gestures as she speaks during the plenary session on the community perspectives and priorities in peatlands at Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter in...
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Preserving precious peat in the Congo Basin
How the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could bring a recently-discovered peatland into its REDD process Jean Mombombi Nyangue, a fisherman on the Congo River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Never provoke a sleepy peatland
Atlas of Deforestation and Industrial Plantations in Borneo How old is old growth in Borneo? 130 million years. Almost 80 percent of the island of Borneo was covered with this old growth rainforest in...
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Guardians of the forest
Abdul Agus Nuraini, Muara Siran community member, speaks during the Forum’s plenary session on community perspectives and priorities in peatlands. Photo credit: CIFOR. By Gabrielle Lipton, originally...
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The water to our fire
Emmanuela Shinta delivers an impassioned speech at the Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, May 18th, 2017. “We are fighting for our land in our homeland,” explained Emmanuela Shinta...
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When it comes to peatlands: in local we trust
Nizar, on the far left, explaining the problems of each kilometer of Rawa Singkil boundary. Photo by author. The earth is crispy around here. Crunch, crunch, crunch—my every footstep made a crackling...
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Everyone’s a winner: the smart way of doing business
Photo by Aulia Erlangga for CIFOR By Douglas McGuire, Coordinator of the Forest and Landscapes Restoration Mechanism, FAO What comes to mind when you think of forests? Green trees, tranquility,...
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Peatlands: The view from space
How satellites can help map and monitor critical peat landscapes SENTINEL-3 is an ocean and land mission composed of three versatile satellites (SENTINEL-3A, SENTINEL-3B and SENTINEL-3C). Photo credit:...
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Wildfire prevention and risk reduction for children’s health and wellbeing
Photo by Aulia Erlangga/ CIFOR By Johan Kieft (UN Environment – Regional technical specialist) and Richard Wecker (UNICEF Indonesia – DRR specialist), originally published on the UN-REDD blog....
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Sustainable farming in the ‘Valley of Death’
Photo by Icaro Cooke Vieira for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). For cocoa farmers in the forested region of San Martin, Peru, adapting to new, sustainable farming methods may mean...
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ICRAF presents the role of evidence and improved soil management for land...
By Susan Onyango, originally published on Agroforestry World Approximately 70% of Africa’s population depends on its agriculture-based economy for their livelihoods, underscoring the importance of soil...
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Planning for a sustainable energy future: energy sprawl solutions
Techachapi-Mojave wind farm with more than 5,000 wind turpines. 1.3 mil kwh produced per year. Techachapi Mountians in California. © Marty Cordano By Joe Kiesecker, lead scientist for land...
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Post-event follow-up: Peatlands matter, but what are we actually doing about...
Photo by Aulia Erlangga / CIFOR In the Autumn of 2015, a thick yellow toxic haze — the likes of which had never been seen before — fell over Kalimantan. Peatland fires from slash-and-burn agriculture...
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Landscape approaches have potential but can do better in reporting, practice
Review of almost 17,000 documents finds holes in the literature on both successes and failures Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia. CIFOR Photo/Kate...
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Two years underway, AFR100 is seeing change
With its second annual conference upcoming, the ambitious African Forest Landscape Initiative has already begun to change the face of land use in Africa AFR100 Launching at the GLF: Paris in 2015....
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Forest and Landscape Restoration: Filling in the gaps
Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) shows significant promise, but some barriers remain Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Ethiopia. Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR By Doug Johnson This...
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Niger hosts AFR100, paves a way forward for implementing Forest and Landscape...
Africa’s degraded landscapes may have a greener future Niamey is a city of warm hues: red, cracked, sandy soils are the basis for the red bricks that form most of the infrastructure of Niger’s capital....
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