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The enormous challenge and opportunity of land restoration
Of all the negative things that humans have inflicted on the planet, the deliberate removal of forest cover ranks among…
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Try tree regeneration, not tree planting
With all those well-meaning efforts to plant trees out there, alarm is justifiably being raised that sometimes, those trees will…
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Wrong way to chocolate: Turn back now
At a recent gathering of leading researchers and practitioners in the cocoa sector, main topics of discussion included the continuing…
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Agroforestry scale-up a promising prospect for fragile ecosystems and livelihoods in Nepal
Nepal’s Chure region, which comprises the “youngest mountains in the world” is a critical biodiversity habitat and the main watershed…
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Scientists urge greater role for forests in policies on food security and nutrition
A new policy brief demonstrates the role forests and trees play in sustaining food production and food security and nutrition…
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Scientist Susan Chomba responds to challenges of ecosystem restoration
The forested world in which Susan Chomba was immersed in girlhood is now gone. She grew up familiar with the…
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Soil health critical for maintaining human health, biological diversity, researchers say
Healthy soil sustains life on Earth, channeling nutrients through plants, supporting essential water and land-based systems, absorbing carbon dioxide to…
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Dig it: Unearthing the importance of soil
This episode, to coincide with World Soil Day 2020, will highlight how research at the CIFOR and ICRAF into soil…
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Kenyan farmers can bank on tree seeds
Tree genebanks can make a valuable contribution to the food security and incomes of smallholder farmers in developing countries, a…
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Q+A: Restore landscapes to cure planet, says author of ‘The Reindeer Chronicles’
On the cusp of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), the time is ripe to pause and ruminate, to…
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Rwandan farmers plant millions of seedlings in landscape restoration initiative
More than 4 million tree seedlings have been planted by farmers as part of an agroforestry policy implemented by the…
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Body Mass Index does not shape complete picture of nutritional needs of Pygmy people
Traditionally foragers and hunter-gatherers, many of the Indigenous communities scattered throughout the dense tropical forests of Central Africa have been…
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