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Measurement-based assessment of health burdens from long-term ozone exposure in the United States, Europe, and China

Journal article / This article assesses premature respiratory mortality attributable to long-term O3 exposure for three regions of the world using ground-based monitoring data.

From zero deforestation to Zero Hunger: how Trase can help

Perspective / On World Food Day, we ask how the Trase initiative's supply chain transparency data can help achieve Zero Hunger sustainably.

Fertilizer adoption by smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: farm-level evidence

Journal article / Farm-level data from the eastern Brazilian Amazon shows that market proximity had a significant positive correlation with fertilizer adoption.

Apoyando la integración de los ODS en Colombia

Project / SEI se ha asociado con ONU Medio Ambiente para apoyar la implementación de los Objetivos de Desarrol desde la perspectiva medioambiental en Colombia.

Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests

Journal article / Secondary forests can be vital to conserve biodiversity and trap carbon, but are still no substitute for undisturbed primary forest.

Untouched forests are the ecological gold standard

Press release / A new study reveals that untouched, primary forests are the ecological gold standard, but regrowing tropical forests are key to biodiversity and carbon storage.

“Second best or second chance?” Why regrown tropical forests are worth protecting

Feature / Secondary forest can never substitute undisturbed primary forest, but it can still be effective in protecting biodiversity and sequestering carbon.

Brazil’s landless movement and rights ‘from below’

Journal article / This study considers how agrarian movements develop and apply their own rights discourses to further demands for social justice.

How can we support the development of robust groundwater sustainability plans?

Journal article / This article describes the development of a groundwater sustainability plan for California's Yolo County, using a participatory decision-making process.