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Nobel winner Wangari Maathai namesake forestry award deadline looms By Julie Mollins CIFOR — Kenyan-born Wangari Maathai dedicated the better part of her life to environmental conservation, planting trees and promoting equal rights for women — efforts that won her a Nobel Peace Prize “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”. Not only […]

By Julie Mollins Strategic planning is vital to ensure the conservation and sustainability of the vast genetic resources found in forests to meet current and future food security challenges and alleviate global poverty, experts say. At least half of all regularly used forest species are threatened or subject to genetic erosion, by the conversion of […]

  By Julie Mollins CIFOR  — Apart from employment figures, governments have very little sound data on the exact number of people benefitting from forests, a new report says, stating that accurate measurement is crucial for understanding the overall value of forest services and how best to manage them. “The State of the World’s Forests” (SOFO) […]

It’s pitch-dark by the time the small group of eager but weary scientists reaches the remote rural community of Hierbas Buenas. Already late for an appointment with local leaders, they’re nearing the end of a 3-day journey in the Peruvian Amazon, which has given them a glimpse of the varied places and people that will […]

If the scientists themselves cannot work out what a landscape is, what hope do businesses have? Well, quite a lot, actually. In fact, there are many examples of big business engaging with local actors on a landscape scale, to protect their businesses long term, as well as protect the environment and the people in that […]

By Charlotte Streck The current rules of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol fail to formulate a coherent vision for land-based emissions. Until the creation of an incentive framework for reduced emissions from deforestation there was little that encouraged developing countries to reduce emissions from unsustainable land use, and the accounting framework created by the […]

Carbon accounting under the Kyoto protocol treats different land uses in a fragmented way. As more negotiators and observers are calling for integrated approaches, Brazil has produced a groundbreaking new tool for its agricultural sector. Originally published on the WRI blog, by Stephen Russel and Sarah Parsons. Brazil’s farms are major, global producers of beef, […]

Transforming the Global Landscape Organized by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development With Deborah Bossio, CIAT When Tuesday 10 June CEST 15:00 / EDT 09:00 Where Online via WebEx (access details on request) Speakers Deborah Bossio, Director of Soils Program, International Center for Tropical Agriculture What Landscape approaches are gaining ground in the arena […]