CoSAI Commissioner, Dr Maurício Lopes, reflects on plans to revitalize Brazil's landscape which could serve as a model for countries facing similar challenges across the planet's tropical belt.
A new synthesis report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change when it comes to securing humanity’s future.
When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. Now, index-based flood insurance (IBFI) could help the most vulnerable defend and recover faster.
Faster, cheaper and more precise than conventional testing, soil spectroscopy analysis gives giving agricultural producers at all scales vital information on how to improve and protect their soils.
12 useful indicators spanning governance, equity, food, and the circular economy, support the city to develop inclusive and resilient sustainable food systems.
An evaluation finds real change in three specific areas: demonstrating landscape approaches in ways that encourage farmers, the government, donors and NGOs to embrace these strategies; innovating with geospatial data; and promoting and removing barriers to conservation technologies.
The commission defined a universally healthy and sustainable diet, as predominantly plat-based with a lower weightage on meat and dairy components - and the recommendations are increasingly being adopted in national dietary guideline processes worldwide.
The policy - aligned with national, regional and global policies - sets the necessary mandates, with a roadmap for guaranteeing availability, access, consumption, quality and sustainable use of food for the city of Cali over the next 10 years.
How small-scale communal irrigation schemes are being transformed into profitable, equitable and economically sustainable schemes through investment in smart technologies, farmers, institutions and value chains.
Practical, multi-pronged interventions helped struggling farmers in Jhansi district to diversify and intensify crop production through agroforestry, and now it's being scaled-up to seven districts.
