News

18.06.18

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

At the finance-focused Global Landscapes Forum Investment Case Symposium, land tenure was the primar…

International Decade for Action

18.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

“Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-2028…

How to take forest landscape restoration to the next level

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

17.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Europe - Governments around the world have pledged over 150 million hectares of forested land…

Better farming practices key to combating desertification and drought

15.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Combating desertification and drought is critical, but focusing on the bigger challenge of unsustain…

WLE Director promotes payments for ecosystems services at EAT Forum

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

14.06.18

Environmental health
Food security

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Director Izabella Koziell on the main…

India.Mongabay.com: India’s groundwater crisis, fueled by intense pumping, needs urgent management

13.06.18

Environmental health

Central and southern India appear to be experiencing increasing freshwater stores, likely due to a…

Water User Associations

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

13.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Learning to deliver on their promise in Africa Irrigated agriculture has once again risen to…

Synergizing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon

12.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Cameroon needs to adopt an integrated approach to climate change. However, there are still many…

A first – and hard – look at restoring Mexico’s terrestrial ecosystems

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

11.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Mexico is home to vast biological and cultural diversity, alongside a robust legal framework and…

Realizing bamboo and rattan’s full potential: An interview with INBAR Director General Hans Friederich

11.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Ahead of the Global Bamboo and Rattan Conference (BARC) on June 25-27, 2018, the International…

Why we need a holistic approach to improve our complex food system

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

08.06.18

Environmental health
Food security

Our current food systems are incredibly complex, and are experiencing multiple failures across many …

Ocean currents are slowing down, and that’s bad news

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

Environmental health

Two recent articles in the journal Nature reached the same disconcerting conclusion: One of the…

Data cleaning, the unsexy but essential aspect of data science

Big data
Environmental health

Data science involves creating models that can predict the future, such as what the yields…

Decaying Belgian Congo–era maps reveal secrets of valuable African tree

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

Biodiversity

In the dusty library of a research station on the Congo River, a decaying map…

Making landscape finance more inclusive

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A new initiative aims to share issues and best practice for increasing inclusive, responsible financ…

WateRice project demonstrated laser guided land leveling technology to Iloilo farmers

06.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

IRRI works with national partners to promote technologies that maximize water-use efficiency and to …

World Environment Day

06.06.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Our rivers are barometers of environmental neglect – it’s time to clean them up…

AdaDerana.lk: How is Sri Lanka preparing to tackle recurring floods?