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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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No peace without a piece of the land
15.05.19This topic will be explored at the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2019 on 22–23 June. Register to…
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In Petén, Guatemala, community forestry is viable business
15.05.19In the space where forest conservation meets poverty reduction, win-win situations can be rare, espe…
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The most important landscapes left are the ones ‘in between’
15.05.19From the announcement of a new U.N. ambition to restore ecosystems to a landmark report…
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4 takes on how to build a sustainable world
10.05.19The Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Kyoto event will explore landscape-based solutions for the climate …
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How political territories can boost sustainable business
10.05.19Learn more about this topic at the Global Landscapes Forum Kyoto on 13 May, which can…
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22 years after the Kyoto Protocol, climate change expert is highly optimistic
09.05.19Markku Kanninen will speak at the Global Landscapes Forum Kyoto on 13 May, which can be…
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Losing farmland and forest to a national park
09.05.19Burkina Faso - Part II of six-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST…
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What revolutionizing values could mean for capitalism – and the planet
09.05.19Tim Kasser will speak in a video address for the Global Landscapes Forum Kyoto on…
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EARTH DAY: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist?
22.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Palembang, Indonesia – Present day South Sumatra looks a lot different from its heyday as…
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CIFOR DG calls for ‘people-centric’ approach in landscape restoration
09.04.19Tenure security for the indigenous and traditional communities that are often the stewards of forest…
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Well-meaning tenure reforms can’t quash land conflicts
04.04.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When countries revise their land and forest tenure laws, whereby rights are granted to people…
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World Bank Land and Poverty Conference: Stand For Her Land
02.04.19At this week’s 20th Annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference in Washington DC, a…
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Jinping soy price threatens Amazon, Trump, and methane releasing trees
01.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: Between the land of the free…
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Can DRC’s community forests lift people out of poverty?
29.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the quest to reduce poverty, community forestry is an attractive endeavor. So much so…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
27.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also k…
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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat...did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
26.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future…
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How much do you REALLY know about water and forests?
22.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
What better way to celebrate today's World Water Day and yesterday's International Day of Forests,…
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International Forests Day: Two heads look to a future of restoration
21.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
This article is written by Robert Nasi , Director-General of Center for International Forestry Resea…
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