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Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo is responsible for achieving Biosphere Reserve status for the Sierra Gorda under an exceptional public-private co-management system. Through her work and advocacy, 33 per cent of the State of Querétaro is now protected as a Biosphere Reserve engaging more than 34,000 people in community environmental education programs, solid waste management, soil […]

Virgilio Viana holds a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University, and has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Florida. He organized the discussion which led to the creation of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in 1993. He was founder and president at IMAFLORA, the first forest certification organization in Latin America.  

Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, talks about his personal journey from growing up on a farm in Brazil to studying development economics and later learning about the complex connections between people and the planet, ecology and economy. He draws on examples from large dam construction projects to free pollination services delivered by bees to […]

Countries are facing multiple challenges in the pursuit of sustainable agricultural development. At the global level, nutritious food needs to be produced for a population of 9 billion by 2050 while keeping emissions from agriculture and land uses – currently 30% – in check. Yet, negotiators at this year’s UN climate change conference walked away […]

Getting the details of agricultural carbon projects right requires paying close attention to local institutions. These entities – including community groups, local NGOs and local governments – are  pivotal in encouraging the participation in carbon projects and adoption of carbon-sequestering farm-based activities. They contribute to the monitoring and tracking of results and ensure the fair […]

At the recent Third International Conference on Climate Services, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security showed donors, researchers and practitioners how climate services can work for smallholder farmers. The needs of agriculture were front and center at this third annual gathering of a global community of climate information producers and […]