Forests are some of the planet's most critical ecosystems, acting as carbon sinks, biomass factories and homes to rich biodiversity. SEI research looks at the impacts of land-use change and how to combine forest protection with the growing demand for land, food, energy and green space.
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Media coverage / This is the time to safeguard our biological resources to ensure long-term well-being of humans through sustainable economies.
Feature / A new approach to life cycle analysis can calculate precise footprints for thousands of individual commodity trade flows from source locality to export market.
Feature / Trase initiative launches its 2020 review of commodity deforestation, supply chains and zero-deforestation commitments.
Press release / More than half of tropical deforestation linked to exports of key commodities is happening in less than 5% of producing regions
Feature / World Environment Day 2020 creates awareness on the need to invest and conserve our biological heritage for current and future generations.
Feature / SEI and partners Global Canopy and Neural Alpha announce a groundbreaking new data initiative.
Journal article / This paper presents a global framework for quantifying the relative impacts of human activities on biodiversity.
Feature / Focusing on biodiversity, biosafety and bioinformatics can offer a multi-dimensional strategy for effective virus risk management.
Journal article / Which road projects offer high economic benefits combined with low environmental and social impacts?
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