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FTA-PIM research documents show strong benefits of community forest concessions A quarter-century-long experiment with community forest concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala’s Petén region has become a shining example of how community stewardship of tropical forests can contribute to forest conservation and livelihoods development. Yet as concession contracts come up for renewal,[1] competing interests such as cattle ranching, tourism,

This year’s international day of women and girls in science (11 February 2021) focuses on the role of Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. FTA has long acknowledged both the important role of women in the fight against the pandemic and their importance to build back better, increasing resilience of agricultural systems. At the same time, we have

Cross-sectoral jurisdictional approaches offer promise   The increased consumption and production of a range of raw material and commodities, so-called “Forest-risk commodities” such as palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee, rubber, timber and beef, contributes significantly to global tropical deforestation and forest degradation. As both global and domestic demand grows for such commodities, they constitute one of the biggest threats to forests,

A contribution from the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and its partners to the public consultations of the UN Action Tracks This webpage gathers the core set of 11 evidence-based game changing solutions elaborated by the FTA program and submitted as proposals to the UNFSS summit illustrating clearly how they link to the UN 5 Action Tracks. 

FTA, the largest research programme for development program of forests, trees and agroforestry ran a fully digital scientific conference from 14 to 25 September 2020. The conference was held as an FTA closed event: it gathered all researchers involved in FTA from its partner organizations to present the most exciting research results, exchange experiences and lessons learned, and reflect on

Outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation, a new study published in Nature Climate Change has found.   Gender—alongside other identities like race, class and age—has a powerful influence on people’s experience of, and resilience to, climate change, said the lead author of the study Dr. Jacqueline Lau, a post-doctoral research fellow working

Already suffering from climate disasters and persistent floods, Bangladesh’s coastal communities were sorely impacted by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Lockdown restrictions halted fishing activities, which are the main source of income, nutrition, and livelihoods in many rural areas. Capacity development in financial management and alternative livelihoods through formal training delivered by WorldFish’s USAID-funded ECOFISH II project is empowering

BY DALIA ELSABBAGH, SIKANDRA KURDI AND MANFRED WIEBELT The day-to-day hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic are often compared to life during wartime. But Yemenis have it far worse: They are experiencing a pandemic and a war simultaneously. Before 2020, Yemen’s ongoing civil war had cut GDP almost by half; since then COVID-19 has further decimated the economy. Dalia Elsabbagh, Sikandra Kurdi,