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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Taking stock of carbon in mangroves
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)06.05.18-
Environmental health
As scientists are increasingly exploring the high carbon stocks contained in mangroves, tidal marshe…
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Responsible investment to combat land degradation emerges from Dragons’ Den
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)06.05.18-
Environmental health
Restoring degraded land could inject $84 billion a year to the global economy, according to…
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INTERVIEW: Prioritize smallholder cultivation of oil palm in Indonesia, urges researcher Tania Li
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)03.05.18-
Environmental health
Where large-scale agricultural production occurs, conflicts may arise over land rights, the distribu…
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Somaliland president launches new annual reforestation day
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)03.05.18-
Environmental health
A new "Somaliland National Tree Day" reforestation initiative will be held each year to address one…
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For REDD+ payment, countries need framework, then investment
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)01.05.18-
Environmental health
“When you talk about protection of forests, you have to remember that it not only…
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Initiative 20×20 members urge greater access to climate funds, private finance for land restoration
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)01.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
National forest restoration and conservation projects need more financing to aid transformation to a…
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How a Kenyan cement company turned a barren landscape into an eden
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)01.05.18-
Environmental health
It is hard to imagine that the lush forest of Haller Park, an ecological wonder…
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Participatory monitoring key to restoration success
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.04.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
150 million hectares of degraded land – an area the size of Alaska. That’s what…
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5 questions on forests in climate change
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)29.04.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Halfway between COP23 and COP24, the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference is being held in…
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Technology picks up and transmits “call of the wild” to stop illegal deforestation
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)28.04.18-
Environmental health
In the heart of a remote area in northern Brazil, the Amazon rainforest hums with the…
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Global experts to convene in Washington for discussions on future of sustainable finance
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.04.18-
Environmental health
More than 250 financial experts, policymakers and environmentalists will meet in Washington on May 3…
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What happened at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)25.04.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region on earth, home to the world’s three largest cities.…
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How’s the water? Crowdsource to find out
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)23.04.18-
Big data
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Environmental health
Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long…
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A Ponzi scheme with Nature?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)23.04.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian…
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Global emissions targets in focus at rainforest summit in Indonesia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)19.04.18-
Environmental health
Discussions at the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit (APRS) in Indonesia next week will kick off with…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)19.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than…
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In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)17.04.18-
Gender equality
Climate change interventions in forest communities are still not getting it right when it comes…
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Why social forestry: Securing the sap
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)17.04.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In a forest in southwestern Sumatra, Dedy Aprianto starts clearing the undergrowth below a damar…
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