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EFI has released a new multimedia video on European forests. Called “European Forests: Central to the World We Live in”, it gives an overall picture of Europe’s most versatile ecological infrastructure, tracing a path from south to north and from west to east. As we tour around Europe, we ask why forests continue to be so important to each region, even in the 21st century.

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Forests and food security: What we know and need to know

BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_A few weeks ago, I met a senior diplomat from one of the countries where CIFOR conducts research. He did not have a background in environment or natural resources, so I expected to spend some time explaining the importance of forests to his country’s prosperity.

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Issue date:

20 April, 2011

Publisher Name:

CIFOR

Publisher-Link:

http://blog.cifor.org

Author:

Frances Seymour

Author e-Mail:

http://blog.cifor.org/author/cifor-dg/

Reference-Link:

http://blog.cifor.org/2011/04/20/forests-and-food-security-what-we-know-...

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Sustainable forest management in the tropics – panacea of folly?

Sun, 25/07/2010 - 08:49 — Markus Sommerauer

There was book published back in 2003 and written by David W. Pearce, Francis E. Putz and Jerome K. Vanclay titled with “Sustainable forestry in the tropics : panacea or folly?”. It’s an interesting book coming up with some very clever ideas long before the PLUS-part of REDD has been born.