adaptation
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COP22 Special: The role of private actors on the world’s climate stage
The landmark Paris climate change agreement was adopted by 195 nations – all pledging to keep global warming well below…
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A map of the world’s wetlands
Wetlands are important ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation because they can store huge amounts of carbon, while providing…
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2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Connecting funds to farms and forests (Part 2)
This article is Part 2 of a two-part series covering the Global Landscapes Forum 2016 – The Investment Case. The…
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2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Connecting funds to farms and forests (Part 1)
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the Global Landscapes Forum 2016 – The Investment Case. The…
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Watch: Highlights video from the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum- The Investment Case
The Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case in London on 6 June 2016 brought together more than 300 experts from…
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Reserves need tweaks to withstand Amazon fire threat
Nearly one million square kilometers of land in Brazil are currently designated as ‘Sustainable Use Reserves’ (SURs). However, a new…
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The landscape approach: How did we get here and where do we want to go? Just ask Darwin!
Charles Darwin’s theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest were initially derided and rejected, leading Darwin himself to…
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Land tenure and livelihoods: What’s the connection?
A Harakmbut indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has no say over the 17 gold-mining concessions overlapping its territory, despite…
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Switching swidden to agroforestry – a small intervention with big potential in West Java
Farming trees and crops together could be a win-win solution for rural farmers in West Java, a study has found…
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Paris Agreement signed. Now what?
A record number of more than 170 nations attended the signing ceremony of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA) at the…
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The importance of integration
Today, the fight to protect our planet’s resources- particularly our forests- continues with increasing urgency amid climate change threats and…
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America’s legacy in its second term as facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership
During the first term of the U.S. leadership of the newly created Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) from 2003 to…
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Finding water amid the trees
It is not often that a study completely upends a prevailing view, and, in doing so, offers hope of improving…
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Rising tides: Will mangroves keep up as sea levels climb?
Although mangroves will be able to withstand moderate sea level rise, the highest projections for the end of this century…
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Amazon rising: Adaptation begins at home
For hundreds of thousands of rural families eking out a living in Brazil’s Amazon estuary, living with flooding is a…
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