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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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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Dirty palm oil gets ditched by world’s largest pension fund Norway’s Government Pension Fund Glo…
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CIFOR and Indonesia government renew contract to protect forests
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
“Forests and forest resources are crucial for Indonesia and the world fighting climate change,” …
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How lab-made fashion is changing landscapes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.02.19-
Environmental health
Haute couture made out of orange peels. ‘Leather’ shoes and handbags grown from mushrooms. Diamo…
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How to wash your clothes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.02.19-
Environmental health
So you’ve chosen your outfit with sustainability in mind. Maybe you agonized over the relative…
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Sustainable fashion moving from trend to permanent style
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.02.19-
Environmental health
It’s the end of what’s likely been the ‘greenest’ fashion month yet, with some of…
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Humanitarians struggle to address environment: ‘It’s nice but it’s not crucial’
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
With growing stress on natural resources, emergency workers have begun to examine their intervention…
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Forest dwellers face mass evictions, as species extinction threatens global food supply
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)25.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Forests News delves into headlines from around the globe: Millions of forest dwellers face eviction…
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Assessing the effectiveness of a “wheat holiday” for preventing blast by examining alternative crops in the lower Gangetic plains
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Wheat blast — one of the world’s most devastating wheat diseases — is moving swiftly into ne…
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Turning on the lights in eastern Indonesia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.02.19-
Environmental health
As a city dweller in Indonesia, I am blessed with an abundance of privilege. I…
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Navigating the road to socially inclusive hydropower
IWMI21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Asia Times opinion article reports insights from new research in Nepal.…
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Groundwater and sustainable development
IWMI21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
New reports heighten awareness of an urgent imperative.…
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Launching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local…
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Fine-tuning flood risk management
IWMI20.02.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
New rounds of pilot testing and post-flood recovery in India.…
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Tension and transformation in the patriarchy
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.02.19-
Environmental health
Kenya - When Jackline Cheplang’at began teaching fellow community members about gender and conserv…
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FTA welcomes new Independent Steering Committee member Richard Stanislaus Muyungi
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry20.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) has welcomed a new member…
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Rethinking the food system to tackle triple burden of malnutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry19.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
The global narrative on food security and nutrition is not new: 1 billion people go…
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Tree love and lonely elephants, AI in restoration, and palm oil myths debunked
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)18.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
In Forests News last week: Palm oil; Smallholder expansion on the rise The assumption that…
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Trees nurture nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry18.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Foods from farms with trees — also known as agroforestry — are dense with nutrients.…
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