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Impact Assessment and Indigenous Self-determination: A Scalar Framework of Participation Options

Journal article / Impact assessment and indigenous self-determination: a scalar framework of participation options.

24 October 2017 / About Participation and Public policy

An agricultural stretch of the Ventura River watershed in California lies beneath a mountainous ridge and deep blue sky.

Project / SEI is building the Ventura Water Allocation Model (VWAM) using SEI’s flagship WEAP software for the Ventura River watershed in California.

2017 / About Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Ny studie: Sverige sämst avseende ursprungsfolks inflytande i miljöbedömningar

Press release

24 October 2017 / About Geopolitics, Land use and Water resources

New data takes Trase soy supply chain mapping to the next level

Feature / The Trase supply chain transparency platform Trase gets even better supply chain mapping for Brazilian soy and Indonesian palm oil, plus new functions.

23 October 2017 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Cattle stand near road in Brazilian Amazon

Why farmers in the Brazilian Amazon persist in low-income activities that result in environmental damage

Press release / Why farmers in the Brazilian Amazon persist in low-income activities that result in environmental damage

13 October 2017 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals

Rents, actors, and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Journal article / This article examines the roles played by large interests and smallholders in creating agricultural frontiers, focusing on the Gran Chaco region.

5 October 2017 / About Forests, Land use and Supply chains

Scaling up deforestation-free production and trade with jurisdictions

Other publication / This book chapter suggests how producer jurisdictions can play a more effective role in making agricultural commodity more sustainable.

4 October 2017 / About Forests, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Integrating water supply constraints into irrigated agricultural simulations of California

Journal article / This paper evaluates a coupled water planning and crop model for irrigated agriculture that researchers deployed in Yolo County, California.

2 October 2017 / About Water resources