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Farms vs. forests? A more nuanced look at agrarian change
Forests are being converted into agricultural land throughout the tropics, from Borneo to the Congo Basin. But this process – called agrarian change – can bring communities benefits as well as...
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Rising tides: Will mangroves keep up as sea levels climb?
Although mangroves will be able to withstand moderate sea level rise, the highest projections for the end of this century are likely to overwhelm many of these ecosystems, according to a new study....
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Coastal blue carbon from planted mangroves holds promise
Indonesia - Mangrove forests might account for only 0.5 percent of coastal areas worldwide, but they punch well above their weight when it comes to mitigating climate change. A recent study in Vietnam...
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Forest monitoring skills on the rise
Most countries have included forest and land use in their efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxides and other greenhouse gases—but as those in the carbon-accounting world will tell you, countries...
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Loud and clear: Paris Agreement signals need to protect ecosystems and human...
The new climate deal may not be perfect, but embedded in it is guidance on how to undertake climate actions while ensuring socially and ecologically sustainable outcomes. The Paris Agreement, which was...
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The environment gets its day in court
The message was clear: Don’t think you can get away with it. In 2012 Indonesian palm oil company PT Kallista Alam sent 1000 hectares of Sumatran peat forest up in flames so they could use the land for...
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Local projects shape national REDD+ strategies
At the international level, global leaders are continuing to discuss how to develop and implement national REDD+ strategies. At the same time, pilot programs to reduce deforestation are already in...
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Paris Agreement signed. Now what?
A record number of more than 170 nations attended the signing ceremony of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22. The event was a significant one,...
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The challenges of conserving tropical forests
Too often, the debate about forests in policy circles is reduced to two options: deforestation or total protection, according to Francis E. Putz. Putz and Claudia Romero, both researchers at the...
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Bridging gender theory and practice in environmental policy
One of the major successes during the past 40 years of feminist scholarship and activism has been paving the way for gender issues to be recognized in environmental policies, interventions and...
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