Author: GLF Committee

Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils vary greatly over space and time, but CCAFS researchers in Kenya have found a way to more efficiently measure varying emissions from diverse landscapes- via gas pooling. Agricultural soils are major sources of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, which are released when fertilizers are transformed by microbial processes in […]

Plus de 1000 décideurs, journalistes,  leaders et experts en forêts et agriculture se réuniront en Pologne en Novembre, en marge des discussions de l’ONU sur le climat  pour participer  à une nouvelle manifestation de deux jours de durée: Le Forum Mondial sur les Paysages. Les inscriptions sont désormais ouvertes pour ce forum, qui combine deux […]

By now most everyone is familiar with eco-certifications of some kind: USDA Organic, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM are just a few we have been living with for at least a decade. But as these types of sustainability initiatives proliferate, expanding to new commodities and having larger impacts on supply chains and consumer […]

Over the past months, this blog has featured many inspiring “success stories” of integrated landscape initiatives from around the world. But are these just a series of interesting anecdotes—each stemming from its own unique context—or can we begin to derive some generalized principles that might help inform practices and policies for future landscape initiatives in […]

Si bien gran parte de la atención del público sobre el cambio climático se centra en el dióxido de carbono, existen otros dos gases de efecto invernadero (GEI): el óxido nitroso y el metano, que forman la mayor parte de las emisiones de la agricultura que contribuyen al cambio climático. El óxido nitroso se libera […]

In Southeast Asia, 25 percent of deforestation occurs in peat swamp forests and is driven by wood production and a demand for land for agricultural production. Techniques that facilitate deforestation, such as drainage ditches which lower the groundwater level, may affect peat methane emission fluxes. A study by Kristell Hergoualc’h and Louis Verchot at the […]