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View article: Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia: Progress and challenges
Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia: Progress and challenges Open
The government of Ethiopia has made an ambitious plan of building a carbon-neutral and middle-income economy by 2030. In 2016, the country pledged to restore 15 million hectares of degraded landscapes as part of the African Forest Landscap…
View article: Access to Landscape Finance for Small-Scale Producers and Local Communities: A Literature Review
Access to Landscape Finance for Small-Scale Producers and Local Communities: A Literature Review Open
Access to finance is a key element of sustainable and inclusive landscapes. We conducted a literature review to identify the factors that contribute to or hinder inclusive financing for micro/small/medium-sized enterprises and projects acr…
View article: Transforming food systems with trees and forests
Transforming food systems with trees and forests Open
The global food system is failing to deliver sufficient and nutritious food to all, while damaging the earth and unsustainably drawing down its resources. We argue that trees and forests are essential to solving these challenges. We outlin…
View article: Natural rubber contributions to mitigation of climate change
Natural rubber contributions to mitigation of climate change Open
The potential of natural rubber to contribute to climate change mitigation is often overlooked. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize available research, mainly from the results of a recent workshop organised by IRSG in collaboration …
View article: Trees as hotspots: Using forests, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes
Trees as hotspots: Using forests, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes Open
Forests, trees, and agroforestry (FTA) are ecosystem hotspots. They exemplify the contributions of biodiversity to sustainable and resilient landscapes, green circular economy and to sustainable agriculture and food systems for healthy die…
View article: Asia Pacific roadmap for innovative technologies in the forest sector
Asia Pacific roadmap for innovative technologies in the forest sector Open
As highlighted by FAO’s Third Asia-Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS III), the use of innovative technologies – from digital technologies, biological technologies, processing technologies and new wood-based products, to social in…
View article: Contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition
Contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition Open
Because the expansion of agriculture (crop and livestock), and therefore food production, has been both historically and presently realized at the expense of forests, food security and forests are often perceived as antagonistic, and their…
View article: A participatory breeding initiative for resilient rubber cultivation systems for smallholders in a context of global change
A participatory breeding initiative for resilient rubber cultivation systems for smallholders in a context of global change Open
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View article: Natural rubber systems and climate change: Proceedings and extended abstracts from the online workshop, 23–25 June 2020
Natural rubber systems and climate change: Proceedings and extended abstracts from the online workshop, 23–25 June 2020 Open
The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), with the International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB), the CGIAR research program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) led by CIFOR, and the French Agricultural Research Centr…
View article: Natural rubber and climate change: a policy paper
Natural rubber and climate change: a policy paper Open
Key messages• There are no sustainable alternatives to natural rubber, which is used in many products.• Climate change is already impacting the cultivation of rubber trees.• Farmers need to adapt their systems to safeguard the production o…
View article: A collection of tools for land restoration
A collection of tools for land restoration Open
Forests and trees have a major role to play to advance the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and address major global challenge such as: climate change, deforestation, forest and land degradation, biodiversity erosion, poverty and fo…
View article: Adaptation to Climate Change with Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Adaptation to Climate Change with Forests, Trees and Agroforestry Open
Forest, trees and agroforestry are crucial for adaptation to climate change in two ways that make the sector unique. First, forests and trees are already affected by climate change, and their resilience to climate impacts is a prerequisite…
View article: People-Centric Nature-Based Land Restoration through Agroforestry: A Typology
People-Centric Nature-Based Land Restoration through Agroforestry: A Typology Open
Restoration depends on purpose and context. At the core it entails innovation to halt ongoing and reverse past degradation. It aims for increased functionality, not necessarily recovering past system states. Location-specific interventions…
View article: A joint stocktaking of CGIAR work on forest and landscape restoration
A joint stocktaking of CGIAR work on forest and landscape restoration Open
Despite the high level of political engagement and the wide range of organizations involved in restoration projects from local to global levels, beyond some success stories, restoration is not happening at scale. To address this issue, thr…
View article: Sustainable development of rubber plantations in a context of climate change: Challenges and opportunities
Sustainable development of rubber plantations in a context of climate change: Challenges and opportunities Open
In answer to such concerns, both the industry (IRSG 2014) and researchers (Warren-Thomas et al. 2015) call for a sustainability initiative to mitigate such negative impacts comparable to those for some other commodities like oil palm.Kenne…
View article: Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes
Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes Open
Shifting cultivation in Indonesia 3 Forest landscape in Sabah 4 Reinvesting in degraded lands combining grey and green solutions in Venezuela 5 Cooperative brazil nut processor in Riberalta, Bolivia 6 Tourism opportunities in Chiapas Mexic…
View article: Agroforestry to diversify farms and enhance resilience
Agroforestry to diversify farms and enhance resilience Open
Agroforestry involves the integration and use of trees in crop fields, farms and across agricultural landscapes. Trees buffer climate change impacts and variability and diversify land use and farming systems, providing additional livelihoo…
View article: Sustainable diets within sustainable food systems
Sustainable diets within sustainable food systems Open
Sustainable diets and sustainable food systems are increasingly explored by diverse scientific disciplines. They are also recognised by the international community and called upon to orient action towards the eradication of hunger and maln…
View article: Tropical forest-transition landscapes: a portfolio for studying people, tree crops and agro-ecological change in context
Tropical forest-transition landscapes: a portfolio for studying people, tree crops and agro-ecological change in context Open
Nudging the development trajectory of tropical landscapes towards sustainability requires a global commitment and policies that take diverse contexts and forest transitions into account. Out-scaling and upscaling landscape-level actions to…