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Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapotranspiration Database: updated!
The index is based upon a fully parameterized geospatial implementation of the Penman-Monteith Equation, a standard methodology widely used globally.…
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Empowering women through sustainable wildlife management: meet Susan George
On her first trip to Guyana’s Kanuku Mountains, at the age of four years old, Susan George (pictured) decided she…
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Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report…
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Multi-stakeholder platforms set to resolve land-use conflicts in northern Ghana
From farmers and chiefs through local NGOs to government, stakeholders in Ghana’s Western Wildlife Corridor brought their concerns about autonomy,…
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How bioenergy can help restore landscapes and livelihoods
Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest country by population and its demand for energy is also huge and growing. The…
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“Existential threats,” harsh warnings and hope in UN Global Land Outlook
“At no other point in modern history has humanity faced such an array of familiar and unfamiliar risks and hazards…
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Seed orchard first step in restoring Bali’s Batur UNESCO Global Geopark
In March, on a misty morning amid drizzling rain, a team of 70 farmers, researchers, students, government and Batur UNESCO…
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Saving the branch we’re sitting on? Protecting the Amazon, for all of us
At the World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Seoul, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a new report: the 2022…
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Book shows how building biomass ecosystems on degraded land is gathering steam
Over the past several years, a gradual transformation has been occurring in some parts of the Indonesian landscape. In East…
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Following the money: Global recovery rooted in forests, says U.N. report
A new study adds up the latest troubling statistics on forests, making a mathematical argument for their central role in…
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