Sustainability

Written by James Reed for CIFOR’s Forests News Leaders at 2016 World Water Week posed the crucial question of  ‘how’? “Implementation, implementation, implementation – just not necessarily in that order.” This was the response of Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of OECD, when asked at Stockholm’s World Water Week what three priority strategies the water sector should be […]

Brought to you by Partnerships for Forests Partnerships for Forests, a technical assistance and grant-making program funded by the UK government, has opened its first call for concepts. The program seeks to tackle deforestation and improve livelihoods by catalyzing investment in forests and sustainable land use. To create viable investment propositions, the program facilitates and […]

Originally published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study published in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study is the first to map land suitable for palm oil production on a […]

Written by Michael Victor for the Water, Land and Ecosystems blog Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty will require a 50 percent increase in food production in the next 15 years. In fact, a global food revolution is urgently needed, argues a recent paper by a number of leading scientists working with […]

CIFOR, with several partners, published an exhaustive review of the integrated landscapes approach analyzing almost 17,000 publications (read that one again – 17,000!). Read an overview of their findings here.

Business Engagement in Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development from EcoAgriculture Partners