Tag: Center for International Forestry Research

  • Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore

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    Author: Barbara Fraser Researchers and policymakers have a lot to learn in designing and implementing climate change adaptation strategies from smallholder farmers in the Amazon, says Miguel Pinedo-Vásquez, scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director of International Programs at the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University. “Traditional forest knowledge and practices are…