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A new global cropland map combines multiple satellite data sources, reconciled using crowdsourced accuracy checks, to provide an improved record of total cropland extent as well as field size around the world. Knowing where agricultural land is located is crucial for regional and global food security planning, and information on field size offers valuable insight […]

Registration for the 21st ISTF Annual Conference is now open. Date: January 29th – 31st, 2015 Location: Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511   The International Society of Tropical Foresters, Yale Chapter convenes its conference around: Conserving biodiversity across multiple use landscapes through strategic governance and land-use planning  This year’s […]

 

There is an increasing acceptance that sectorial approaches to land management are no longer sufficient to meet global challenges such as poverty alleviation, biodiversity conservation, and food production. The pressing challenge of integrated landscape management is to link agricultural practices, institutions and policies with other  landscape-scale activities. “Integrated Landscape Approaches” provide a basic framework for […]

EDF White Paper_positioning_the_land-use_sector_contribute_post_2020_climate_mitigation As stated by ministers at a high-level panel at COP 19, addressing mitigation and adaptation in the land-use sector is essential for meeting the Convention’s ultimate objective. Most ministers called for three outcomes from the sector: simplicity, flexibility, and transparency. In this paper we present opportunities for meeting these outcomes for mitigation […]

By Bruno Vander Velde, originally published at Forests News Early successes in Brazil and Indonesia are proof positive that low-emissions sustainable development is practicable, according to a land-use policy expert. Speaking to more than 1,000 participants at the Global Landscapes Forum—organized by the Center for International Forestry Research on the sidelines of the UN climate […]