Oil palm plantations are known for environmental harm such as biodiversity loss. A recent study suggests establishing tree islands within large oil palm farms to promote recovery of native trees and biodiversity.
An international research team led by Göttingen University in Germany sheds light on a promising new approach to improve climate resilience in cocoa agroforestry across West Africa.
Pesticides aren’t always necessary: researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from herbivores can be reduced by using biodiversity within a plant…
An international team of researchers has revealed practical and effective methods for assessing the impact of hunting on wildlife in African tropical forests. The study focuses on understanding how overhunting affects…
National and international water policy must adapt to ongoing, accelerated changes in the global water cycle and respond to them quickly and comprehensively. This is the key message of a report “Water in a heated World”,…
A new international study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils. As the agricultural sector strives to reduce its carbon…
Global emission reduction efforts continue to be insufficient to meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. This makes the systematic exploration of so-called overshoot pathways that temporarily exceed a targeted…
The Center for Development (ZEF), located in Bonn/Germany, celebrated its 25th (+2) jubilee in October – an occasion for a three-day symposium attended by almost 100 former doctoral students from 40 countries as well as…
Wheat is the world’s most important grain. But it has high environmental costs due to the need to fertilise with nitrogen. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany and France's National…
Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have released a study highlighting the role of geospatial maps and satellite data in shaping the future of food security.…
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