Farms, forests, landscapes
COVID-19 highlights the need for food systems-based policies for reducing tropical deforestation
Deforestation has many drivers but one is often overlooked: food consumption in cities that increases demand for products produced on deforested land....
Now reading: vulnerability mapping for forest conservation and restoration
A new article presents a vulnerability mapping model turned online tool, that contributes to science-based planning for forest restoration and...
Back to school: Diversity for Restoration
A new tool and a workshop in northern Peru lead the way for improved forest restoration planning in the Americas and beyond.
An underground wood wide web for environmental health and productive landscapes
An interdisciplinary research team reports on how an underground network of tiny mycorrhizal fungi provides valuable ecosystem services.
Godavari Basin: Agriculture facing up to Anthropocene challenges
Agriculture in the Anthropocene faces radically distinct challenges from previous decades, including significantly increasing production of food for...
Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s favourite fruit
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana pests and diseases. With an average 90% success rate in...
Climate change, land and agriculture
The latest IPCC report makes clear that agriculture has enormous potential to help solve the problems climate change poses. And biodiversity, as an...
New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability
The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving and using their agricultural biodiversity. The first...
IPBES recognizes why agrobiodiversity matters
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report, approved by more than 130 countries, recognizes...
Ask the innovators: Which agricultural practices work best locally?
A new study by Bioversity International explores the power of ‘positive deviance’ in Tanzania. By working with highly successful farmers, this...