agroforestry
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Scientists detail restorative mangrove and peatland management strategies
Ensuring the health and longevity of wetland ecosystems will not only benefit the environment and help forestall the negative effects…
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New global initiative: Transforming gender norms in land and resource rights
A new research project between a consortium of CGIAR Centres and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will generate…
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Water-forest interactions complex but crucial in ecosystem service delivery
Planting trees among the maize and bean crops of her smallholder farm in Kenya has helped Margaret Muchanga to increase…
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Software can predict genetic changes to plants caused by climate change
Climate-change scientists can now apply an R software package that can help predict genetic changes. Described in the scientific journal,…
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Adapting to a changing climate with forests and agroforestry
The ability of forests and trees to mitigate and adapt to climate change is affected by various policies, often under…
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Farmers benefit from planting rubber and nut trees in agroforestry systems
By using an “agent-based” computer model to examine the relationships between agroforestry, livelihoods and the environment in Indonesia, researchers learned…
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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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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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Destruction stops here: Shaping landscape restoration in Philippines
“I will be a guardian and restorer of this land and help the people living here do that,” said Loren…
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In search of a successful recipe for forest landscape restoration
Planting trees may seem like a relatively simple task, but much more is required for successful forest landscape restoration. People…
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New toolbox offers methods to support integrated landscape approaches in multiple contexts
One size does not fit all when implementing integrated landscape approaches (ILAs), so a new toolbox is offering a number…
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Pongamia: Potential benefits for restoration and bioenergy in Indonesia
Its native stomping-ground stretches across a broad swathe of Asia and the Pacific – from India in the west to…
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Cocoa in Ivory Coast to benefit from ‘companion trees’
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is moving toward embracing a new “cocoa agroforestry” model,” according to a leading…
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Wanted: A balanced assessment of the ecological impact of all vegetable oils
All too often, bias ingrained into conservationist campaign narratives obfuscates the context in which crops are produced, unjustly vilifying some…
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