Land use

Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands

Project / Strengthening engagement on the roles and functions of wetlands to support sustainable development and resilience in the Arctic.

2017 - 2019 / About Ecosystems, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy and Water resources

Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish

Journal article / This article presents evidence that current environmental legislation designed to protect streams and their biota in the Amazon is not fit for purpose

12 November 2017 / About Forests, Land use and Water resources

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

Is land a renewable resource?

Perspective / In light of recent UN efforts to leverage finance for sustainable land management, Francis X. Johnson discusses its benefits and what’s needed to realise it.

25 September 2017 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use

An old land map coloured in segments to show how the land is used.

Energy and land use

Other publication / This paper examines land impact of terrestrial energy forms, the reduction of emissions from the use and supply of energy, and terrestrial carbon sinks.

1 September 2017 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Land use, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Bringing EU policy into line with the planetary boundaries

SEI brief / This brief discusses how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to inform EU policy-making

20 April 2017 / About Ecosystems, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy and Water resources

Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

Journal article / Multi-scale assessment of the biological condition of streams in the Amazon to date, examining functional responses of fish assemblages to land use

13 April 2017 / About Land use

Chindwin biodiversity ecosystem services

Project / Helping to conserve biodiversity in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar by supporting local communities and state agencies.

2017 - 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals

Toby Gardner presents the Brasília event and the new Trase features

New countries, new commodities: Trase gets major upgrade

Feature / SEI and the Global Canopy Programme unveil a raft of improvements and new features to our ground-breaking supply chain transparency and sustainability platform.

20 March 2017 / About Food and agriculture, Land use, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles