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Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic (PDR) is defined by a mountainous North and the Mekong River valley. With an estimated 3,000 varieties, rice is king in both areas. Lowland paddies are interspersed with trees, while the rainfed upland ecosystem has...

Amid growing urgency to step up action on climate change, the participants of the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , are discussing what is needed to reach the Paris Agreement's long...

Aerial views of paddy field and palm oil plantation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Nanang Sujana/CIFOR Over the past few years, the UN-REDD Programme has scaled up its activities on finance and private-sector engagement. The rationale behind...

As one of the leading countries on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Africa, Ghana has demonstrated considerable leadership to address the drivers of deforestation and degradation, which constitute one of the...