Financial worries, blatant greed and misinformation seem to have derailed attempts to mitigate global warming. But the ‘New York City approach’ and agroforestry offer some hope.
As climate change threatens the livelihoods of forest people, scientists said they are tuning in to the myths, stories and songs with which people hand down traditional forest-related knowledge from generation to generation.
Studies about the impact of logging on biodiversity in tropical regions should be scrutinized, conclusions toned down or even discounted, according to a recent publication that revealed widespread methodological flaws.
Science has transformed our world but it can be hard to inform people about new developments. SciDev.Net and the World Agroforestry Centre are helping change that.
As the pressing need for private sector finance to help support REDD+ becomes clear, so too does a major sticking point: businesses say they need evidence of effective forest governance before they invest.
