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Botanical Innovation and the Cosmetics Industry

Botanical Innovation and the Cosmetics Industry | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Symrise has identified the Amazon region as one of the most promising sources of botanical innovation. To be at the heart of this strategic (...)
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It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics

It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
View of the Juruena River, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Icaro Cooke Vieira/CIFOR photo
 
BOGOR, Indonesia—A tropical forest: A habitat for wildlife, untouched by humans? Or trees ripe to be cleared for profit?
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Amazonia at a crossroads

Amazonia at a crossroads | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
The Amazon rainforest faces an uncertain future – one that an international research network hopes to help steer towards sustainability.
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Can the world's largest tropical forest biome be transformed into a sustainable ecological system? 

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Sustainable Development Goals and forestry: Lessons from Peru

Sustainable Development Goals and forestry: Lessons from Peru | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
A giant Brazil nut tree in the Unamat forest, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.
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A Botanist's Guide to Chocolate on Valentine's Day

A Botanist's Guide to Chocolate on Valentine's Day | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
For communities in Caquetá, Colombia, growing cacao beans--the main component of chocolate--is one of the few income-generating uses of forest land that does not damage the environment or support illicit industries....
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