Perhaps that holds true for technology, but what about traditional knowledge of the natural environment? Does that still reside in the dark ages?...

There is a rather pragmatic school of thought called punctuated equilibrium, which suggests society is capable of real change only when disaster...

RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests has new online home: a one-stop shop for clear information about community forestry in Asia and the...

When local people have access to forests, they have a variety of benefits. In many cases, these benefits are at the subsistence level. Using forest...

Riding along a rural highway in the beautiful mountains of northeastern Lao PDR in February of 2007, I admired the view and delightedly imagined the...

The mild success of Cancun provided a great advance for the world’s foresters: global attention. But with this attention comes responsibility. From...

It was an admirable coup for political will in reaching a deal, but a failure where it really mattered – controlling carbon emissions. I confess that...

The optimists have it. Cancun is officially a success. But is it really worth a standing ovation? In fact, this conference was a masterstroke of...

Jane Goodall couldn’t make it to Cancun. Instead she sent the greeting call of a chimpanzee to reverberate around a hall full of senior diplomats,...