Agriculture, nature conservation or both? Managing trade-offs and synergies in sub-Saharan Africa
Boosting agricultural production to meet the food demands of growing and more prosperous populations increasingly comes with a cost to the ecosystems upon which human
Author(s): Phil Franks
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Conservation versus food production in Africa: better managing trade-offs
Agricultural expansion is the greatest driver of the loss of nature and its biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide.
Author(s): Phil Franks
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Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals
There is a strong and compelling environment and development case to be made for securing indigenous and community lands.
Author(s): Peter Veit
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Embassy Kampala Environment and Climate Change Workplace Policy
This environment and climate change work place Policy defines Kampala Embassy’s explicit commitments to support environment and climate change principles as a way of g
Author(s): Tracy C. Kajumba
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Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience
Hundreds of rows of giant bamboo grow about an hour outside of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi.
Author(s): Caroline Gagné and Moushumi Chaudhury
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Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up
Global leaders have committed to start restoring 168 million hectares – 415 million acres, an area
Author(s): Andrew Wu and Caroline Gagné
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Transforming Agriculture for Climate Resilience: A Framework for Systemic Change
Transformative adaptation in the agriculture sector may be the best approach in an increasing number of situations and locations to enhance global food security, avoid
Author(s): Rebecca Carter, Tyler Ferdinand and Christina Chan
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Social Network Analysis Is Helping Us Regreen Rwanda. It Can Inform Your Environmental Work, Too.
At World Resources Institute, we are using social network analysis to find the organizations and individuals that can best enable landscape restoration, which restores
Author(s): Kathleen Buckingham, Ornanong Maneerattana and Sabin Ray
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Deforestation Is Accelerating, Despite Mounting Efforts to Protect Tropical Forests. What Are We Doing Wrong?
The 2017 tree cover loss numbers are in, and they’re not looki
Author(s): Frances Seymour
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2017 Was the Second-Worst Year on Record for Tropical Tree Cover Loss
Last year was the second-worst on record for tropical tree cover loss, according to new data from the University of Maryland, released today on Global Forest Watch.
Author(s): Mikaela Weisse and Elizabeth Dow Goldman