From 2003-2013, Katingan district in Central Kalimantan envisioned becoming Indonesia’s ‘rattan district’—the centre of rattan production and trade in Indonesia. Katingan’s rattan farmers, however, hardly know about this vision and are harvesting increasingly less amounts of rattan. What...

“It is misleading to speak about high-efficiency low-emissions coal combustion technologies unless equipped with CO2 capture and storage”. A recent statement by leading climate and energy scientists offers a critical opinion on the coal industry and its efforts...

Scientists from the World Agroforestry Centre have found that the Excelsa coffee species, grown in agroforestry systems in the peatlands of Sumatra, Indonesia, comes close to matching the profitability of oil palm and causes far less environmental impact....

High hopes are pinned on the agriculture sector to play its part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, through undergoing a deep transformation to become climate smart. Agriculture is considered to be “climate-smart” when it contributes to increasing food...

Drylands occupy 40% of the earth’s land area and are home to 2.5 billion people – nearly a third of the world’s population. People in dry areas are forced to contend with severe environmental degradation and increasing climate...