To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Forests News asked staff at Center for International Forestry Research Center (CIFOR) about their true love. Here’s what they had to say: Robert Nasi, Director-General of CIFOR My one tree love is the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) – A giant that grows upside down, stores water when there is none, whose fruits and…
The popular narrative about palm oil in Borneo is a David-and-Goliath story. Deforestation and peatland conversion is largely driven by big business growing oil palm in industrial plantations and exporting to overseas markets, the story goes – while smallholders generally convert tiny patches of existing cropland and produce comparatively few negative environmental impacts. Media articles…
Last week’s most popular posts on Forests News: Is our global food system broken? Forests News interviewed Oxford University professor, Dr. John Ingram, on the new EAT-Lancet report, a global rise in diabetes, and what a food system overhaul would look like. If you missed it, then you can read and watch the interview, and tune into…
¿Cómo cultivar más alimentos en menos tierras? La intensificación agrícola tiene un atractivo intuitivo. Con una población humana en crecimiento que alimentar y pocos lugares nuevos para sembrar cultivos sin que supongan una mayor amenaza para la cada vez más escasa biodiversidad, tenemos un gran desafío. Sin embargo, entre obtener calorías suficientes e ingerir una…
Le 31 janvier dernier s’est clos un vote important mais méconnu du grand public : les élections des Chambres d’agriculture. Une nouvelle fois, et comme systématiquement depuis que ces élections existent, la liste FNSEA/JA est sortie grande gagnante. Mais quelle sera la légitimité du syndicat majoritaire, alors que la crise agricole s’aggrave, et que l’on…
Produire plus de nourriture sur moins de terres ? L’intensification agricole est en elle-même plutôt séduisante. Notre planète porte une population toujours plus nombreuse à nourrir, et les nouvelles possibilités de terres à cultiver sont rares, sauf à mettre sa biodiversité déclinante encore plus en péril. Mais entre un apport suffisant en calories et un régime…
Q: What is the EAT-Lancet report? JI: The EAT-Lancet report is a very recently published document, which has a couple of really important messages relating to our diets. Essentially it’s saying we need to have a much more healthy diet which is more environmentally benign. It is packed with information, data, ideas and recommendations. …
Panen lebih besar pada lahan kecil? Soal ini, intensifikasi pertanian memiliki daya tarik intuitif. Bumi harus memberi makan pada manusia yang terus bertambah, dan hanya sedikit tempat baru untuk budi daya tanpa merusak keragaman hayati. Namun, terdapat perbedaan besar antara kecukupan kalori dan konsumsi sehat. Banyak sekali mikronutrisi yang perlu kita konsumsi agar tetap sehat,…
Menurut artikel yang ditulis peneliti James Watson dan rekan-rekannya yang dipublikaskan jurnal Nature, sebanyak lima negara memiliki 70 persen ekosistem alami di dunia. Dalam tulisan berjudul “Lindungi alam liar terakhir,” para penulis menyerukan ditingkatkannya aktivitas konservasi di sejumlah lokasi untuk melindungi bumi dari kehilangan keragaman hayati dan proyeksi konsekuensi buruk akibat perubahan iklim. Mereka mengangkat…
Your most popular post on Forests News last week: Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier? Changing diets in Kapuas Hulu The dawn of the ‘Green Revolution’ saw staple crops being produced on an unimaginable scale. World hunger decreased drastically and quickly, but so did the diversity of our diets. As…