Farms, forests, landscapes
A closer look at gender relations in forest landscape restoration
On the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Giulia Micheletti and Marlène Elias from Bioversity International discuss a framework on how...
From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana disease management
On the International Day of Rural Women, our researcher François Iradukunda reflects on how a new perspective on gender has changed the way he works...
Hedge your bets in resilient landscape restoration
Bioversity International launched the 'Trees for Seeds: Resilient forest restoration' initiative at the Global Landscapes Forum one month ago in...
More than a thousand vegetables, many of them forgotten
Bioversity International and partners reveal that most of the world's vegetable species are poorly documented, and present a study and database with...
Sustainably managing non-timber products to improve livelihoods, equity and forests
New Guidelines for Equitable and Sustainable Non-timber Forest Product Management offer field-tested strategies and good practices on how to pursue...
Understanding gender norms and innovation processes to foster gender-equitable opportunities in forest landscapes
Gender researchers present findings from Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan that shed light on how gender norms shape, and are influenced by, forest and...
Disrupting agricultural and tree biodiversity science – a review of Bioversity International’s 2017
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, which in 2018 marks 25 years of action for biodiversity, our Director General, Ann Tutwiler is proud...
Testing farmers evolutionary plant breeding strategies for coping with climate change
Bioversity International and IFAD are pleased to announce an IFAD grant of $3.5 million and national co-funding of $2.1 million, on the use of genetic...
Forest fact or fiction
Last Wednesday marked the seventh International Day of Forests, an occasion to celebrate our forests and raise awareness of the many issues our trees...
World Economic Forum highlights diversity as a key resilience strategy for future shocks
Every year since 2005, the World Economic Forum releases a Global Risks Report, which analyses the evolution and intensity of global risks. Ann...