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#ListenToTheYoungVoices was the theme of the day, going into the UN 2017 World Wildlife Day. We held a rousing Q&A session on twitter and learned from our social media community about the relationships between wildlife, habitat protection, agriculture, and development. Here are our top 6 takeaways from that discussion. 1. Habitat loss for increased food […]

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In recognition of the growing importance of studies regarding Cultural Landscapes, the University of Architecture (Lisbon-Portugal) along with IGI Global Publications (Pennsylvania – USA) invites researchers and practitioners worldwide to submit a chapter for the book “Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation”. This book aims to reflect on the different […]

We are probably at the most crucial crossroad of humanity’s history. We are changing the earth’s climate as a result of accelerated human-made Greenhouse Gases Emissions (GHG) and biodiversity loss, provoking other effects that increase the complexity of the problem and will multiply the speed with which we approach climate chaos, and social too. In […]

The Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA) is a tool to help end-users better understand the extent and rate of past deforestation and deforestation activities occurring within certain political jurisdictions. The purpose of this pilot study was to see if we could develop key performance indicators using historical data around illegal deforestation utilizing public data platforms such […]

More than 5,500 stakeholders from forestry, agriculture, water, energy, law, finance and more came together for the fourth annual Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November, 2016 in Marrakesh. The thematic event, convened by a cross-sectoral consortium of international organizations, encouraged the exchange of the latest climate and sustainable development knowledge and research that will enable […]