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Trees on agricultural land sink four times more carbon

While the importance of carbon stored by forests is widely recognized, carbon stored by trees on agricultural land has been much ignored.

 

Can we halt planetary degradation before the tipping point?

Greenland acted as one of Earth’s biggest air conditioners. Since rising temperatures turned Greenland grey, dark snow attracts heat rather than repels it.

 

Backwards from gender equality: Oil palm’s impact on Dayak women

Pe Ligit* has witnessed massive changes in her lifetime, as waves of migration, logging and oil palm development have transformed Indonesian Borneo.

 

Warning to forest destroyers: this scientist will catch you

In 2013, Matthew Hansen and his colleagues used satellite data to produce the first global, high-resolution maps of where trees are growing and disappearing

 

Map of the Week: Tracking Logging Roads in the Congo Basin

The Congo Basin rainforest is one of the most important forests in the world boasting some 10,000 animal species and more than 600 species of trees.

 

Ratifying the Paris Agreement: Why a push for climate is a push for landscapes, too

The Paris Agreement has now been ratified by the largest emitters, China and the United States, as well as one of the largest forest emitters, Brazil.

 

Fellowships available for course on natural resources at the landscape level

Short course offered on “Competing claims on natural resources - reconciling agricultural development and biodiversity conservation at the landscape level”.

 

The where and when and how of forest cover change in 5 infographics

Today, we have more data about forests than ever before, but we still can’t seem to agree on where, when and why forests are changing around the world.

 

The limits to growth…of oil palm

Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study.

 

Turning restoration into good business for farmers in Guatemala

Over the past 20 years the Guatemalan government has delivered about US$ 173 million in incentives for reforestation and restoration.

 

Agriculture version 2.0: Producing more, sustainably

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty will require a 50 percent increase in food production in the next 15 years. In fact, a global food revolution is urgently needed, argues a recent paper by a number of leading scientists working with the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). Without […]

 

Making agricultural landscapes work for climate action

Climate change is one of the most powerful forces affecting agricultural landscapes today and will only be more so in the future.

 

Landscape diversity determines what’s on the menu for kids in Indonesia

In Indonesia, getting kids to eat healthy foods is a vital step toward overcoming problems of stunting and child mortality.

 

Growing strong: Trees on farms in the fight against climate change

While tropical forests continued to decline, a remarkable change is happening: tree cover on agricultural land has increased across the globe.

 

CGIAR commits to research for climate-smart agriculture – global alliance launched at UN Climate Summit

 By Dhanush Dinesh, originally published at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)  In order for agriculture to be climate-smart, there is also the need to be water-smart, landscape-smart, energy-smart, knowledge-smart and gender-smart.   This week marks a very important period in history: world leaders are gathering at the UN Climate Summit in New […]

 
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