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Protected: Nyawa’s shift from poaching to sustainable fish farming
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‘Nutri-scapes’ a recipe for better nutrition
Global food systems focus on an ever-narrower range of calorie-rich but nutritionally limited crops, degrade ecosystems and endanger human health.…
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Pressure on forests from unhealthy diets may increase spread of viruses, scientist says
Theories surrounding the origins of the SARS-COV2 coronavirus often point to disturbances in the natural environment. Through disruptions and human…
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LED flashlights increase food insecurity risk in wild-meat dependent communities
Flashlights featuring light-emitting diodes (LED) have made it easier for subsistence hunters in tropical forests to capture animals at night
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Nutrition goals should guide design of food production landscapes, researchers say
Forests offer undervalued policy solutions to malnutrition and hunger
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Evidence base still weak, despite popularity of integrated landscape approaches
As the concept and principles of integrated landscape approaches (ILA) become increasingly popular, researchers and practitioners must consider not only…
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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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Forests can help reshape ‘dysfunctional’ global food system, scientists say
Although many modeling forecasts and government policies suggest that forests must be destroyed to make way for agriculture and provide…
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CIFOR’s Robert Nasi to U.S. congressional staff: wildlife trade, ecosystem degradation and climate change, major drivers of emerging infectious diseases
Ample evidence exists to show that landscape changes resulting from ecosystem fragmentation and degradation are major drivers of the emergence…
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GLF talks dig deep on food security, soils and social inclusion
With the population in sub-Saharan Africa projected to more than double, growing by 1.05 billion people by 2050, pressures on…
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Kenyan farmers adopt new agroforestry strategies through research in development program
Smallholder farmers in the drylands of eastern Kenya are benefiting from innovative farming techniques initially tested in collaboration with World…
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In their own words: COLANDS and landscape collaboration during COVID-19
Family interruptions, poor Internet access, concern for contacts in the field and broad uncertainty — these are just a few…
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