Many local communities know REDD+ is touted by international policymakers as the best way to protect carbon-packed forests, but recent studies indicate that communities do not fully understand the scheme’s broader goals or how they stand to benefit e…
Encouraging women to take leadership positions needs to become a national priority for Uganda’s policymakers in order to curb rampant deforestation, urges a new report from the Center for International Forestry Research.
Across Africa millions of farmers are embracing a system of agriculture that is turning around their crop production and bringing their households and communities myriad additional benefits to boot. ‘Evergreen’ agriculture, agroforestry that integr…
Efforts to prevent agricultural activity inside an Indonesian national park that is a stronghold for the endangered Moluccan cockatoo could backfire, negatively affecting the very species the park was created to protect, ongoing research by CIFOR indic…
Fifty years of research have culminated in the understanding that a radically new approach to agriculture is needed. African smallholder farmers need truly practical, low-cost, low-risk ways to make their farms more productive.
