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As the challenges of certifying forest ecosystem services persist, delegates at the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw are anticipating new insights from a meeting of certification organizations this weekend. Building on their year-old alliance, The Gold Standard Foundation and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) are joining forces with Fairtrade International to explore the challenges of certifying […]

Although rural landscapes can be managed to optimize both climate-change mitigation and adaptation, many climate-oriented development projects fail to take advantage of the combined benefits, according to Bruno Locatelli, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD). With careful planning, landscapes can be managed to emphasize the […]

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The world’s population is growing fast, heading towards 9 or 10 billion by 2050. This calls for a huge increase in food production of the order of 70%. But the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that only 9% of this increased production can come from bringing more land into production. Water resources are also […]

By Nadia Manning-Thomas. Nadia will be sharing her story at Youth: The future of sustainable landscapes to be held at the Global Landscapes Forum at 9am CET November 16, 2013. If you can’t make it to Warsaw, watch the event online at archive.globallandscapesforum.org/live-stream. My name is Nadia Manning-Thomas. I am 34 years old and so am […]

Climate change will have far-reaching consequences for every aspect of our lives, from the environment we live in, the pests and diseases we face, the industries we work in, the infrastructure we depend on—roads, power stations and electricity networks and the like—to the crops we can grow and the livestock we can raise. With so […]