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Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70 100% increase in food production (Godfray et al. 2010). Given climate change, a new kind of agriculture is therefore essential, one that must meet the triple challenge not only of ensuring food security, but also of adapti...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Campbell, Bruce M.Nihart, AHolmgren, PeterSeymour FSibanda, Lindiwe MajeleBraun, Joachim von[Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture]Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture

This study reviewed the status of natural resources and the driving forces for change, as well as past and ongoing approaches in natural resource management at the watershed scale in Ethiopia. First, we reviewed established environmental policy tools and the legal and policy framework, and determ...


Hagos, FitsumRooijen, Daniel J. vanHaileslassie, AmareYehualashet, H.Indries, H.[Investigation of the modalities for an innovative financing mechanism for participatory natural resource management in the Bale Eco-region, Ethiopia]Investigation of the modalities for an innovative financing mechanism for participatory natural resource management in the Bale Eco-region, Ethiopia

Le Coq, Jean FrançoisGrisa, CatiaSabourin, EricSotomayor, Octavio[Políticas públicas y desarrollo rural en América Latina: Balance y perspectivas. Memorias del Seminario de la Red de Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina (PP-AL), 5 al 7 de septiembre 2018]Políticas públicas y desarrollo rural en América Latina: Balance y perspectivas. Memorias del Seminario de la Red de Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina (PP-AL), 5 al 7 de septiembre 2018

Although REDD+ is approaching its 10th anniversary, major impacts in terms of reduced forest loss are hard to document. Conservation practitioners and scholars are therefore increasingly asking why REDD+ has not delivered more tangible results. A recent Comment in Conservation Biology by Fletcher...


Angelsen, ArildBrockhaus, MariaDuchelle, Amy E.Larson, AnneMartius, ChristopherSunderlin, William D.Verchot, Louis V.Wong, GraceWunder, Sven[Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.]Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.

The IUCN data base lists several plant species whose existence is currently threatened by human activities and climatic extremes. Here we report a methodology that monitors threat status of these species in near real time, by deriving data from multiple open data sources, by linking them via a ma...


Burra, Dharani DharBarua, MAPalao, LKReymondin, Louis[Earth observation, open data and machine learning for near real time threat monitoring of vulnerable plant species]Earth observation, open data and machine learning for near real time threat monitoring of vulnerable plant species

Las etapas iniciales del asentamiento fronterizo en la Amazonia brasileña se caracterizaron por la gran intensidad de la afluencia de flujos migratorios, la deforestación y la rotación de la propiedad. Cuarenta años más tarde, los hogares rurales están más orientados al mercado y han desarrollado...


Guedes, Gilvan R.Queiroz, Bernardo L.Barbieri, Alisson FlávioVanWey, Leah K.Ciclos de vida de la propiedad y del hogar, mercados y cambios en el uso y la cobertura de la tierra en la Amazonia brasileña

Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and infor...


Alves-Pinto, H.N.Newton, PeterPinto, L[Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil]Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil

Key Messages • A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, but was unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems. • New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems...


Pacheco, PabloPiketty, Marie-GabriellePoccard-Chapuis, ReneGarcía Drigo, IsabelEl Husny, Jamil ChaarGomes, MarioTourrand, Jean François[Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification]Beyond zero deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Progress and remaining challenges to sustainable cattle intensification

Study region : In this study, 33 catchments across the Lower Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia are examined to detect historical changes in their hydrological response via a model-based methodology. Study focus : Intensive development over the past half century across Southeast Asia’s Lower Mekong B...


Lyon, S.W.King, K.Polpanich, O.Lacombe, Guillaume[Assessing hydrologic changes across the Lower Mekong Basin]Assessing hydrologic changes across the Lower Mekong Basin

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