Research news | 2020-12-15
Efforts by companies to implement sustainability strategies is hampered by reluctance to comply by actors in their supply chains due to complex barriers
Research news | 2020-10-27
Study identifies thresholds for when rainforests in South America and Africa transition into savannas
Research news | 2020-10-09
A successful implementation of “panarchy” thinking in the US may boost reforms of environmental laws and policies
Research news | 2020-10-05
A larger part of the Amazon rainforest could cross a tipping point where it could become a savanna-type ecosystem than previously thought
Research news | 2020-09-16
Community-based forest management has expanded rapidly, but attention to long-term sustainability is still elusive
Research news | 2020-06-29
Researchers debunk five illusions about forests and forest management. With it comes the hope for change
Research news | 2020-06-21
Production model promises triple wins for smallholders and the environment. That may be too good to be true
Research news | 2020-04-24
How "prophets” help mobilize necessary resources to initiate partnerships, and benefit from them
Research news | 2019-12-19
Expansion of agriculture in Latin America has come at the cost of losing vast areas of forest. A new study brings together and compares case studies of land use change from the region
Research news | 2019-09-09
Understanding the relationships between forest resilience and soil erosion in tropical forests affected by human and natural disturbances
Research news | 2019-06-10
A critical examination of four dominant narratives informing REDD+ design reveal both flawed and important assumptions
Research news | 2019-05-22
The European Union Timber Regulation fails to protect biodiversity and the human rights of local people
Research news | 2018-12-13
Money sent home by migrants can prevent undesired farmland abandonment, as well as the promise of extensive forest regrowth
Research news | 2018-11-07
A handful of international investors linked to economic activities may influence the stability of some of the world’s largest forests and hence the global climate
Research news | 2018-05-28
Amid financial struggle and environmental degradation, prospects of sustainable rubber production in Laos and Myanmar look dim
Research news | 2018-05-17
Applying Elinor Ostrom’s principles on common pool resources management demonstrates how forest management in the Pamir Mountains may not be so tragic after all. But Soviet era legacy lingers, new research shows
Research news | 2018-04-11
Conservation efforts in tropical forest communities have great potential but must avoid exacerbating income inequalities
Research news | 2018-02-28
How ongoing use of banned chemicals and extensive deforestation now haunts northern Pakistan, leaving population prone to serious health issues
Research news | 2018-02-14
Forest fires during drought periods rather than deforestation fires increasingly dominate Amazonian carbon emissions
Research news | 2017-08-03
New study looks at ecological compensation, a novel legal and policy instrument, and how Sweden is using it to balance development and conservation of important biological and social areas
Research news | 2017-05-22
Reports on tree cover increase in China fail to mention commodity plantations is part of the increase
Research news | 2017-04-03
Rather than maximising habitat availability for one species, more democratic solutions could benefit several at the same time
Research news | 2017-03-13
Researchers identify connections between extreme drought and self-amplified forest loss. Forest diversity reduces risk of such loss
Educational news | 2017-01-19
Centre offers students opportunity to go to New York and the east coast to conduct field work
Research news | 2016-11-29
Study explores what a greener Sahel means beyond just satellite images – a social-ecological explanation
Research news | 2016-10-12
A researcher's road trip on dusty roads, sleeping on floor mats and gathering data on a quest to halt desertification across the Sahel region
Research news | 2016-03-23
New study examines environmental and institutional fit of REDD+ in rural Mexico
Research news | 2013-06-27
The controversial outcomes of farmland abandonment
Research news | 2013-06-19
Establishment of protected areas based on threats instead of strategic plans for sustenance
Research news | 2013-04-12
Smarter forest logging based on knowledge of habitat connectivity can curb biodiversity loss
Research news | 2013-01-08
Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from higher tree species diversity
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