Publication to present project BRIDGES under the FAO-Turkish Forestry Partnership programme in support of efforts to combat land degradation and desertification in Eritrea, Mauritania and Sudan, contributing to Africa's Great Green Wall initiative.

In Zimbabwe, the bulk of rural communities and urban poor still get their energy supplies from the forests, leading to deforestation and land degradation. The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) 2016 review on forest policies in the country found that fuel wood accounted for over 60…

Asia hardest hit region, says report on the burden borne by poor farmers due to natural disasters

OpenForests (https://openforests.com), an innovative German forest consulting and tech company, has officially launched the explorer.land platform on the 1st of November. The interactive map-based platform is designed to present forest and landscape projects and tell their stories while connecting…

RESEARCH ARTICLES Open Access Enantioselectivity in degradation and ecological risk of the chiral pesticide ethiprole Qing Zhang, Wu Xiong, Beibei Gao, Zachary Cryder, Zhaoxian Zhang, Mingming Tian, Edmond Sanganyado, Haiyan Shi, Minghua Wang Pages: 4242-4251 | First Published: 02 October 2018…

Forests which regenerate naturally on previously deforested land are important for the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. In the context of the global restoration agenda, natural forest regrowth is increasingly being recognized as an important…

A new book which summarizes the most recent evidence on how to use agrobiodiversity to provide nutritious foods through harnessing natural processes.