Into the jungle: For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it’s a magnet
LAURA GOTTESDIENER and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
Wow!: Little-known nut helps Indonesian farmers build sustainable forest economy
HARRY JACQUES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Indonesia that village-owned enterprises being set up around the country to boost rural livelihoods – based around the little known kenari nut – could have the added benefit of slowing tree loss…
Gotta catch ’em all: Pokemon-style app aims to save Indonesia’s forests
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation An Indonesian crowdsourcing app is tapping into the competitive spirit of its users by creating Pokemon Go-type games to help map land across the sprawling archipelago and protect forests and Indigenous people, organisers said on Friday. The Urundata application uses publicly available satellite images to create games where users visit an area […]
As fuel prices rise, firewood rustlers vex rural Kenya
Muiru, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Lucy Muthoni has never liked dogs. But these days, a pair of mean-looking hounds tail her as she makes the rounds at her farm in central Kenya. The reason for her shift in attitude is an unusual crime wave sweeping through villages in rural Kenya: firewood theft. Eric Mutwiri, a resident […]
Cut emissions and poverty, not trees, by letting locals manage forests
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Giving local communities the responsibility to manage forests – which are shrinking worldwide – could help ease poverty and deforestation, scientists said on Monday in what they described as one of the largest studies of its kind. Researchers examined more than 18,000 community-led forest initiatives in Nepal, using satellite images and census […]
A SUSTAINABLE LIFE: DON’T STRESS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TREE TO BUY, BUT REUSE ARTIFICIAL TREES AND COMPOST NATURAL ONES
In an article first published on The Conversation, BERT CLEGG, professor of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University, looks at the idea of a sustainable Christmas tree…