While many studies suggest that the Sahel is greening, others indicate that there is increasing land degradation, largely attributed to two severe droughts experienced in the 1970s and 1980s. However, recent findings show improved greenness as a result...

The amount of carbon stored in mineral soil doesn’t change whether the land has been formerly forested or not, say scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre Indonesia   About 15% of the oil palm grown in Indonesia is...

To better understand how farmers manage landscapes in their countries, natural resources researchers from Viet Nam and Lao PDR learned how to use a specially designed knowledge-gathering method and computer software.   ‘I like this course very much....

The outcome document of Open Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals includes a goal to “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. At the same time, in Africa alone, over 80% of the...

By Lua Hoang Thi and Ake E Mamo   Son tra, aka the H’mong apple, taorung, maccam, or macsamcha depending on whether you are in Vietnam, India, Myanmar, or some southern provinces of China, is an indigenous fruit...