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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Q+A: GLF a powerful lever in fight against hunger and poverty, says One World – No Hunger envoy
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Environmental health
Stefan Schmitz first joined the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in …
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Restoring land in Africa an opportunity for women’s rights, says president of women’s forest network
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Environmental health
Deforestation and land degradation amount to almost a third of Africa’s landmass, which has a…
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Q+A: The backstory on invasive plant species with CABI’s Arne Witt
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Environmental health
Invasive plant species pose a major threat to biodiversity, water resources, food security, e…
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Ethiopia’s new forestry law: A win for landscapes and livelihoods?
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ethiopia - The Ethiopian government has a big dream: restoring 22 million hectares of degraded…
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Kofi Annan leaves legacy as champion for landscape restoration in Africa
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Environmental health
As the world pays tribute and honors the life of Kofi Annan, many will remember…
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Afro roots artist Rocky Dawuni rocks for landscape restoration at GLF Nairobi
17.08.18Ghanaian-born musician and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni will perform for the world’s top e…
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Values-based youth leadership education key to environmental sustainability: Wangari Maathai Foundation chair
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Environmental health
Forest cover in Kenya is declining at an alarming rate, mainly due to poor forest…
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How a Payment for Ecosystem Services mechanism protects nature in Philippines
16.08.18Indigenous residents of Mindanao in the Philippines are involved in a unique Payment for Ecosystems…
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Muddy waters: Exploring mangrove governance in Tanzania’s Rufiji Delta and beyond
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Environmental health
Occupying the murky boundaries between land and sea, mangroves have often been devalued as pesky…
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How far has Indonesia come on peatland conservation and restoration?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Indonesia - The joint need to protect remaining peatlands while restoring degraded lands resounded t…
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Women at work
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Nepal - Nestled in Nepal’s southern subtropical Terai lowlands, Chitwan National Park looks worlds…
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Some strategic approaches to land restoration
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Environmental health
An estimated 340 million hectares of woody vegetation are degraded across Africa’s fragile dry are…
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: Bridging worlds through environmental activism
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Environmental health
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, who will speak at the upcoming Global Landscapes Forum in Nairobi, has…
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In Central Africa, public procurement can boost demand for legal wood
13.08.18Africa - Central African governments and their development partners account for a significant propor…
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Community benefits key to landscape restoration, CIFOR forest governance researcher says
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Environmental health
Almost a third of Africa’s land mass is degraded due to human activities – including…
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Forests in policy: A tale of three clusters
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
From providing clean water to sustaining agriculture and regulating the climate, forests have an imp…
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Ancient Amazon farming methods offer lessons for rainforest conservation, scientists say
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Environmental health
Ancient peoples sustainably farmed the Amazon more than four millennia ago, according to a new…
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Today’s the day to celebrate indigenous peoples!
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Indigenous communities are crucial to the protection and monitoring of the world’s most precious e…
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