Sustainability

  In two blogs from the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, the Justin Catanoso from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting featured the event in the National Geographic, portraying Unilever CEO Paul Polman and human rights activist Bianca Jagger. Catanoso praises Polman as “one of the greenest CEOs” who understands the challenges of climate change and […]

This month the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) has launched an Ecosystem Services and Resilience Framework, about a core theme of their research. WLE supports an approach to sustainable intensification whereby healthy, functioning ecosystems are seen as a prerequisite to agricultural development, food security and human well-being. The Framework will serve as the guiding […]

By Deepak Dhyani of the Society for Conserving Planet and Life, India This blog won the blog competition, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) organized for its World Congress in October 2014 Hundreds of millions of poor people around the world depend directly or indirectly on forests for their livelihoods and subsistence. There is huge […]

By Martha Cuba, originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests Blog Preliminary research shows somewhat limited village-level participation in early-stage efforts at curbing emissions through avoided tropical deforestation, according to scientists presenting at a recent conference. The findings from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) initiatives in six countries relate to REDD+ safeguards, which were created to mitigate […]

Originally published at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Forest News Call it a “policymaker’s cookbook.” A group of international experts from academia, research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has developed a typology to analyze the policy “ecosystem” for different land-management tools. “Our goal is to understand what combinations of actions by citizens, consumers, […]

Originally published at CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems To achieve the UN’s Sustainable Management Goals (SDGs) to reduce hunger and poverty, a more efficient and equitable use of water resources is key. International Water Management Institute (IWMI) just published On target for people and planet; setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals to help shapenew policies and […]