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Talk of the Forest
Ten Nie loves planting trees. In 2018, her family planted one hectare of forest. In 2020, they planted another hectare of trees—Hopea odorata, a...
Talk of the Forest
RECOFTC and CIFOR-ICRAF today launched Explore, a new research network and community of practice dedicated to expanding and applying knowledge on...
Talk of the Forest
In the forests of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi, where small-scale farmers often struggle to make a living, 38-year-old Marni is thriving. She has a new...
Notes from the Field
Saraswati Aryal’s parents were never disappointed that they did not have a son. Despite the patriarchal nature of Nepali society, they were happy...
Perspectives
Women from the Boon Rueang community were crucial in the effort to convince the Thai government to stop a plan to industrialize the 483-hectare...
Talk of the Forest
Sisavath Chanhthaleuxai has witnessed an evolution in the relationship between the Lao People's Democratic Republic government and civil society...
Notes from the Field
Ensuring policy reforms are gender-sensitive is made more difficult because gender-disaggregated data is missing 67 percent of the time in the...
Talk of the Forest
The O Taneung community forest, a leafy, 613-acre stretch of shade and birdsong about 65 kilometers outside Kratie city, Cambodia, is a tranquil...
Perspectives
Vien Dang Cong, a technical officer at WWF-Vietnam, had never taken a data-related course before. So, the Data Literacy Training organized by the...