At the upcoming UN climate change talks (COP18) in Doha, 193 heads of state will meet to discuss the very future of our planet. It remains to be seen whether all 193 countries will take the leap and commit to a new legally binding climate agreement.
Researchers are using an innovative new approach to study the Earth’s landscapes and natural resources to try to figure out how to feed the world, reduce poverty and protect the environment – all at the same time.
IBADAN (23 NOVEMBER 2012) — Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched this week, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with a quarter of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next …
The governments of Indonesia and Germany have joined together to produce a set of guidelines and interactive software to help forest practitioners and local communities in southern Sumatra to measure the carbon stored in peatlands.
Sebastian Persch, a PhD student and researcher with the Center for International Forestry Research, takes the journey to Berbak National Park in Sumatra once a month to measure above-ground and below-ground biomass – the living and dead trees, roots …
