Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
Deforestation can make landslides more likely. But by itself, replanting trees isn’t enough to remove the risk.
An archaeologist takes bog samples in Germany for analysis of past civilizations and what they cultivated.
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John Tennyson Afele, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
The collaboration between communities and scientists aims to restore baobab forests in Madagascar to this natural state.
Stéphane Corduant, Mada-Movies. Courtesy ARO Baobab Project
A recently published report sheds light on how 350 big companies and 150 financial institutions are falling behind with goals to halt and reverse deforestation.
Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil. Deforestation is a global problem and while it has varied causes the trade in illegal timber is a major factor.
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The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
Planting trees on deforested lands in Panama.
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It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
Record emissions are fast shrinking the remaining amount of carbon dioxide we can emit if we are to limit global warming. At current rates, we’ll use up the budget for a 1.5°C outcome in seven years.
Managing methane from belching cattle is a top innovation priority.
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Food systems are increasingly disrupted by climate disasters, while also being a major contributor to climate change. World leaders at COP28 vowed to do something about it.
Large machines work in the soya monoculture on a farm in Sidrolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul: the current trajectory of deforestation is diminishing the capacity of the Amazon and Cerrado to regulate rainfall patterns, putting the country’s agricultural systems at great risk.
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Diminishing forests reduces the capacity of the Amazon and Cerrado to regulate rainfall patterns. That’s bad for communities, but also bad for business and global food security.