Category: Food & Livelihoods

Day 2 of GLF Amazonia looks at links between supply chains and livelihoods of Amazonian peoples

Experts stress perils of deforestation, fire and climate change - and hopes of land management - for the tipping point of the Amazon.

Much of the world's medicinal plant knowledge is contained in endangered languages spoken by Indigenous peoples.

GLF Live with Dr. Mark J. Plotkin

Experts hail local knowledge, youth and finance as solutions

New studies show grain production depends on ending deforestation, which could be aided by a soy moratorium in the Cerrado.

Study forecasts survival rates for 18 of Amazonia's main collected plant species and the impact of these extractive resources on communities.

As the COVID-19 pandemic jeopardizes food security, how can we redesign our global food system through resilient supply chains and rapid policy measures?

Three questions with Future Africa director Cheikh Mbow

The Amazon biome is home to up to 30% of the world’s known species. Here’s all you need to know about the world’s most diverse ecosystem.

In Peru, a look inside the Indigenous movement fighting for rights of nature, making ecosystems subjects for state protection.

Enshrined in myth, the dugong supports fishing industries and carbon stocks – through its ferocious herbivore appetite.

New organic certification mechanisms are needed to make their costs worth the benefits to local growers around the world.

It’s not all-or-nothing for organic agriculture. Instead, changing our complex food systems needs a rather a nuanced approach.

Here’s what experts said in two dialogues on the sustainable finance landscape in Africa.