The ongoing Amazon wildfires have focused media attention on forest fires but also on wildfires more generally and their link to biodiversity and habitat loss, as well as global heating. We take a look at the some of the different types of wildfires, assess their impact and what is causing them, and why accurate, real-time […]
What exactly are peatlands and rangelands? Here’s all you need to know about the planet’s major ecosystems, the challenges they face, and why they matter.
The Karoo, in South Africa, is a harsh environment in which to make a living out of agriculture—the area is mostly devoid of surface water. Its name is derived from the Khoisan word meaning “land of thirst”. The land was traditionally used by pastoralists but drought, overgrazing and predation by wild animals made this activity […]
Rangelands will be discussed at GLF New York 2019, 28 September. Join the event online here. By Mireille Ferrari, Communications Manager, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock What are rangelands? When people of think of rangelands, their minds don’t usually go further than the images of shrubs or endless fields of dry grasslands. But beneath and above […]
By, Mireille Ferrari, Communications Manager, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock It’s been a good month for rangelands and pastoralism. On 1 March the United Nations General Assembly designated 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – a global call to action to reverse the degradation of up to 350 million hectares of deforested and degraded […]
