ecosystems Archives

Project / Water-driven rural development in the Baltic Sea Region (WATERDRIVE) is a pan-Baltic project for improving water management.

2018 - 2021 / About Food and agriculture, Pollution and Water resources

Sustainable sanitation: a stepping stone to climate goals

Feature / A session at World Water Week asked why win-win opportunities are being ignored.

31 August 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Mitigation, Renewables and Sanitation

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

Journal article / An international team warns that a failure to act quickly and decisively will risk unprecedented species loss in the most diverse parts of the planet.

25 July 2018 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Forests, Supply chains, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Time is running out in the tropics – researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse

Press release / A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless we take urgent, concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics, according to a major study in Nature.

25 July 2018 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Forests, Supply chains, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Carbon-focused conservation may fail to protect the most biodiverse tropical forests

Journal article / Tropical forests are central to climate change mitigation, but protecting carbon is not enough. Biodiversity needs to be included in conservation planning.

16 July 2018 / About Ecosystems, Finance and Forests

Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day tropospheric ozone distribution and trends relevant to vegetation

Journal article / The TOAR-Vegetation report provides recommendations to facilitate a more complete global assessment of future ozone impacts on vegetation.

28 June 2018 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Short lived climate pollutants

A small songbird hiding amongst tree branches

Protecting tropical forest carbon stocks may not prevent large-scale species loss

Feature / Tropical forests are rich in carbon and biodiversity. As the world seeks to curb climate change, will protecting tropical forests also ensure species survival?

16 July 2018 / About Ecosystems, Finance and Forests

Trase Yearbook reveals how companies and consumer markets are linked to soy deforestation risk in Brazil

Feature / Using Trase transparency data, discover insights into how companies' and importers' sourcing of Brazilian soy could link them to deforestation.

27 June 2018 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Photo of Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania -Photo David Ashby (CC2.0)

REDD+, hype, hope and disappointment: The dynamics of expectations in conservation and development pilot projects

Journal article / This paper explores the dynamics of expectations in international forest conservation and development programs.

1 September 2018 / About Adaptation, Forests, Land use and Mitigation