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07.09.18

Environmental health

A new web-based application now makes it possible for small-scale farmers to see the African…

The forest is an ally not an enemy: can Peruvian farms support biodiversity?

07.09.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

A new project in Peru is setting out to overcome barriers to growing more trees…

Why the drone buzz is getting louder

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

07.09.18

Environmental health

In 2012, peer-reviewed journal Tropical Conservation Science ran an article announcing the ‘dawn …

Squaring the meat vs veganism circle

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

The Kiss, drawing by Pablo Picasso. Bull, Plate VIII, Pablo Picasso, 1946. . .…

Indigenous lands crucial for conservation

Environmental health

The world’s remaining ‘wild places’ are often envisaged to be packed full of biodiversity, and…

Agroforestry Concessions are a strategic mechanism for smallholders in the Amazon. How do we make it work?

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Every year, the Peruvian Amazon loses more than 100,000 hectares of forest due to…

Despite obstacles, GLF delegates see progress on AFR100 forest targets

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

Environmental health

The rehabilitation of degraded forests and wooded, productive landscapes is a key component of a…

Spilling the beans: FTA scientists contribute to new book about sustainable cocoa

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

With a distinguished editor and a variety of international experts as authors, including a number…

German agroecological livestock research investments are benefiting both people and the planet

Environmental health
Food security

(Left) ILRI Deputy Director General for Biosciences Dieter Schillinger welcomes to ILRI Parliamentar…

Beyond selfies: African youth vow to restore the continent’s landscapes

05.09.18

Biodiversity
Environmental health

On 27-28 August, over 60 youth from a dozen African countries gathered at the World…

Acknowledge difference between tree and land tenure to enhance landscapes, urge GLF delegates

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Environmental health

Land tenure rights are widely recognized as being central to advancing sustainable development goals…

Banking on nature

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Environmental health
Food security

Projects that harness nature-based structures in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka are showing, green…

WeRise-RR orientations conducted for ICRR researchers

CGIAR Research Program on Fish

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Sukamandi, Indonesia, 15 August 2018 – The IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project (IJCRP) on Cl…

Water for fish: Sustainable inland fisheries

Environmental health
Food security

Inland fisheries are being overlooked in policy, management and development decisions, which is ulti…

Indonesia looking to protect biodiversity through trees on farms

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

03.09.18

Biodiversity
Environmental health

Representatives from government and non-governmental organizations are working together to ensure th…

Tiny pest-killing wasps for Asia’s cassava crop ease anxieties on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

31.08.18

Environmental health
Food security

BY KRIS WYCKHUYS An announcement for a new Broadway comedy? An economics-inspired sequel to A Bug�…

Support El Salvador bid for U.N. decade of ecosystem restoration: UN Environment chief

30.08.18

Environmental health

In his address to delegates at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) conference in Nairobi, head…

“Voices of the Landscape” at GLF offer insights into community restoration initiatives