degraded lands
Earlier this year, we traveled more than halfway around the world for the conference “Mountain Futures: Nurturing Seeds for Change in the Anthropocene”, which was held from March 1-4 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. The conference was organized by a large group of Chinese and...
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,...
The Wapichan people in Guyana, South America, have received the prestigious Equator Prize from the United Nations...
Indigenous people have historically demarcated their ancestral lands in a variety of ways, from rudimentary agreements and maps to, more recently, drone surveys. But until now, there has been no systematic way of recording the actual boundaries and legal status of each swath of land...
A recent paper reveals key factors that drive the adoption of soil and water conservation as a land-based strategy to adapt to global change in the drylands of western Africa. This paper concludes with methodological principles to advance future research on adoption drivers and...
