agroforestry
This is an interview with Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Postdoctoral Fellow at World Agroforestry Centre, about her research project in the Apurimac region of the Peruvian Andes.
- In your own words, what is this project about?
The objective of...
The Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, one of 14 specialized institutes of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, invites applications, for a fixed duration until 31.12.2018, for a ...
Agroforestry, the cultivation of trees on farmland in different combinations with crops and livestock, can play a strategic role in restoring protected areas in Brazil.
This was one of the key conclusions to come out of a recent workshop in Brazil that involved scientists,...
by Fred Pearce
Kenya’s high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends. Now, after decades of government-abetted abuse of these regions, a new conservation strategy of working with local communities...
Covering 52 million hectares of forest lands, forest licenses in Indonesia can play a role to regulate high forestry and land sector emissions and be a key element in strengthening forest governance for REDD+. The existing online licensing system at the central level has been a first...
A new IUCN study examines, for the first time, how commercial agriculture and forestry production could reduce global biodiversity loss by applying innovative approaches already used by some companies in the extractive and infrastructure industries.
The...
Landscapes are a keystone in the study and synthesis of social and environmental processes. They are part of a wide range of approaches that...