Land use

Hand holding pile of raw white coffee beans

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

21 March 2022 / About Business, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing

Soybean plantation sprouting and Amazon forest with permanent protected area in the background. Soybean farm in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Q&A: Introducing the Commodity Footprints dashboard

Feature / The tool's creators explain how the free interactive dashboard can be used to visualize data on the global environmental impacts of consumption and production.

21 March 2022 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

The impacts of mining on Sámi lands: a knowledge synthesis from three reindeer herding districts

Journal article / The article presents an empirical analysis of mining impacts on Sámi reindeer herding in two cases from Sweden.

18 March 2022 / About Land use and Participation

Carbon exchange in rainfed and irrigated cropland in the Brazilian Cerrado

Journal article / This study measures the carbon exchange of two fields in the Brazilian Cerrado (irrigated and rainfed) with rotations from different cultures.

8 March 2022 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Land use

3D Render of a Topographic Map 3D View of Butte County, California. It shows lowlands dotted with agricultural fields to the bottom left giving way to tall, ragged mountains in the upper right corner, with some freshwater bodies scattered throughout.

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

Project / A NASA-funded project explored whether satellite imagery can help Indigenous tribes in California conserve land and water in ways that meet their needs.

2022 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Global transparency map graphic from Fossil Fuel Transparency Platform

The Fossil Fuel Atlas: a fossil fuel mapping and transparency platform

Tool / This web-based platform tracks fossil fuel infrastructure development and enables users to evaluate potential threats to ecosystems and communities.

About Fossil fuels and Land use

Green trees on lake with reflection of clouds, Amazon, Brazil

Quo vadis, Brazil? Environmental malgovernance under Bolsonaro and the ambiguous role of the Sustainable Development Goals

Journal article / This paper examines the Bolsonaro administration in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, revealing malgovernance and deliberate transgressions

14 February 2022 / About Land use and Sustainable Development Goals

Three women wearing traditional dress and head coverings carrying wicker baskets on their backs with the woman in the centre also carrying a metal pot on top walking down a mountain path in the middle of rice paddies, North Viet Nam

Community agency and democratic resource conservation: Case of Baan Thung Yao forest community in Thailand

Perspective / Prioritizing stronger local community participation and gender-equal decision-making can ensure ecological and human dignity in forest conservation in Thailand.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands: key findings and recommendations

Other publication / The authors present key findings and policy recommendations to protect Arctic wetlands, as wildlife habitats, carbon storage and more.

1 May 2021 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy and Water resources