New guide supports transparent land-use monitoring for climate action
The verdict is clear: to meet international climate change mitigation targets and ensure the continued functioning of Earth’s ecosystems, we…
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Regulating global trade without harming agroforestry farms?
Globally traded commodities that can be grown in forest-like agricultural systems —known as agroforestry— have long been part of the…
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Digging deeper: How soil spectroscopy is revolutionizing agriculture in The Gambia
“It could be a ‘game-changer’ for our work”A breakthrough in efficient, accurate, and scalable soil diagnostics is taking root in…
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Growing giants: How yams shape identity, knowledge and power in PNG
“They will never live without yams.”In Papua New Guinea (PNG), yams are an ancient companion. The first humans to arrive…
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Can we protect old trees by planting new ones?
Conservation isn’t just about avoiding cutting down trees. Successful long-term conservation—particularly in places where lots of people live in, around…
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Land tenure and restoration: A dual challenge for African landscapes
Managing land sustainably and improving local people’s living standards are major challenges for environmental conservation. Faced with these challenges, the…
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Advancing soil health agenda through a soil knowledge exchange
Up to 65 per cent of Africa’s productive land is degraded, while desertification affects 45 per cent of its total…
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Learning across landscapes
Every landscape is unique – and sometimes we can cross-pollinate learnings between locations, tooThe integrated landscape approach is currently gaining…
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The road to African soil health
Across the African continent, soil health – defined by the International Technical Panel on Soils (ITP) as “the ability of…
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Urban Kenyan youth get their hands in the soil on World Environment Day
With almost a quarter of Earth’s land area degraded, affecting 3.2 billion people – 40% of our total population –…
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From national targets to grassroots transformation
Unsustainable agricultural practices and the over-exploitation of natural resources has eroded ecosystem health on 60 percent of Africa’s agricultural and…
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