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Forests

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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Producer to consumer sustainability

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Trase

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SIANI: Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative

SIANI

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Does climate change communication matter for individual engagement with adaptation? Insights from forest owners in Sweden

Findings from a new study suggest that climate communication increased the urgency and intention to take adaptive action among Swedish forest owners.

Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector

Evaluating Zero Deforestation Commitments (ZDCs) for global supply chains of Brazilian soy.

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Soil organic matter responses to anthropogenic forest disturbance and land use change in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal articles
Land
7 March 2017
Brazil

The pygmy marmoset, also unique to the Amazon basin. Photo: Kevin Scholfield / Flickr

Habitat loss on Rondon’s marmoset potential distribution

Journal articles
Land
23 January 2017
Brazil

Stockhom, Sweden

The effect of forest owner decision-making, climatic change and societal demands on land-use change and ecosystem service provision in Sweden

Journal articles
Climate
Land
10 January 2017
Sweden

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Agent-based modelling: A tool for addressing the complexity of environment and development policy issues

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Showcasing the potential of Trase

Perspective
Land
Economy
13 November 2016
Brazil

Trase: Bringing ‘radical transparency’ to global supply chains

Feature
Land
Economy
11 November 2016

Trase

Tool
Economy
Land
11 November 2016

Bag of soybeans

Linking consumption to production: the case of soy

Charcoal for sale in the Kibera slum in Nairobi.

How Kenya can transform the charcoal sector and create new opportunities for low-carbon rural development

SEI briefs
Energy
Land
Economy
30 September 2016
Kenya

Charcoal for sale on the side of a road in Kenya

Kenya blazes a trail to more sustainable charcoal – and better livelihoods

Perspective
Energy
Land
Governance
17 August 2016
Kenya

Soybean root nodules. Yellow on black background.

Land use intensification in the humid tropics increased both alpha and beta diversity of soil bacteria

Wildfires degrade forest in Santarem of Paragominas, in the state of Pará. Photo by Adam Ronan.

Forest degradation sharply undercuts benefit of Brazil Amazon conservation

Feature
Land
Climate
29 June 2016
Brazil

Waterfall in the Amazon jungle in Brazil

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

Deforesting in Amazon, Brazil

Compensating for past deforestation: Assessing the legal forest surplus and deficit of the state of Pará, eastern Amazonia

Stream with stones

Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats