By: Ed Atkins
Date: September 7th 2016
Source: The Conversation
By: Mike Verdin
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Agrimoney.com
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
By: Barbara Fraser
Date: 10 November 2016
Source: Cifor
The success of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems lies not only in their technical design, but also in their social and economic implications
Monitoring deforestation so countries can track their greenhouse gas
By: Brittany Patterson
Date: 21 June 2016
Source: Scientific American
An effort in Ecuador might point the way to a more sustainable future for the rainforest and people
In the lush green rainforest of the Ecuadorean Amazon, members of the Kichwa indigenous group gather well before
By: Isabel Malsang
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: AFP
Paris (AFP) - Diplomatic wrangling this week will make the headlines in the fight against climate change, but experts say a bigger but largely unseen battle is set to unfold on the world's farms.
Agriculture holds the double distinction of
By: Claudia Ciobanu
Date: 11 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Residents ranging from fishermen and farmers to mayors and small business owners say water in the lake system of Wielkopolska region in western Poland is disappearing, drying out farmland and jeopardising the region
By: Lou del Bello
Date: 12 January 2017
Source: IRIN
Living in the Kenyan slum of Mukuru is hard enough, but when it rains it’s downright miserable. Streets flood, sewage overflows, homes are inundated.
After each bout of torrential rain, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement is left a