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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visitAnge Aboa

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

By Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

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'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

By Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

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FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Michele Francis 9 Apr 2021

FAO, AFD project to boost sustainable wildlife management, food security in southern Africa

FAO, AFD project to boost sustainable wildlife management, food security in southern Africa

9 Feb 2021

New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities

New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities

Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy 4 Jan 2021

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Food and clean water start with soil biodiversity: Learning more about it is urgent

Charlene Janion-Scheepers 10 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

Global forest sector: Providing solutions for pandemic recovery

Global forest sector: Providing solutions for pandemic recovery

9 Oct 2020

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Karl Hughes 5 Oct 2020

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How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Tom Pugh 31 Jul 2020

Destroying Nigeria's riverside forests is bad for the freshwater ecosystem

Destroying Nigeria's riverside forests is bad for the freshwater ecosystem

Emmanuel O. Akindele 11 Mar 2020

Revolutionise food production system or face mass deforestation, scientists warn

Revolutionise food production system or face mass deforestation, scientists warn

Julie Mollins 20 Feb 2020

Management of intact forestlands by indigenous peoples key to protecting climate

Management of intact forestlands by indigenous peoples key to protecting climate

Julie Mollins 24 Jan 2020

Growing extra trees, shrubs raises smallholders $50/year

Growing extra trees, shrubs raises smallholders $50/year

Gilbert Nakweya 23 Jan 2020

ICRAF assesses the socioeconomic impact of agroforestry in Kenya

ICRAF assesses the socioeconomic impact of agroforestry in Kenya

13 Jan 2020

FAO highlights solutions to deforestation

FAO highlights solutions to deforestation

18 Dec 2019

FAO, GEF team up to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available

FAO, GEF team up to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available

14 Nov 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

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New VR technology to make SA forestry chainsaw training safer

11 Sep 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Cut the greenwash. Get the facts straight about paper and recycling

Samantha Choles 10 Jun 2019

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Radisson Blu forms three-way partnership to enhance sustainable forest management in Zambia

7 Jun 2019

What Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests

What Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests

Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, Divine Foundjem Tita and Peter A Minang 17 Apr 2019

CIFOR, AFR100 partner to ensure sustainable landscape restoration in Africa

CIFOR, AFR100 partner to ensure sustainable landscape restoration in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Palm oil boycott could actually increase deforestation - sustainable products are the solution

Palm oil boycott could actually increase deforestation - sustainable products are the solution

Jake Bicknell, Eleanor Slade and Matthew Struebig 19 Nov 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

6 Jul 2018

Baobab trees have more than 300 uses but they're dying in Africa

Baobab trees have more than 300 uses but they're dying in Africa

Aida Cuní Sanchez 15 Jun 2018