New oil palm map to inform policy and landscape-level planning
A new map of the extent and year of detection of oil palm plantations will help understand trends in oil palm expansion.
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A new map of the extent and year of detection of oil palm plantations will help understand trends in oil palm expansion.
Read moreNew Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 21, 2021) – Rutgers University Professor Cymie R. Payne, an expert on United States and international environmental
Read moreDeforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in the tropics.
Read moreCOLUMBUS, Ohio – Widespread forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change – but will come with a steep cost if deployed as broadly as policymakers have discussed, new research suggests.
Read moreSmall farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change in a new Cornell University study.
Read moreScientists studying brown-throated three-toed sloths, where predators are extinct and food is more accessible, have found that the animals adapt to have a primarily diurnal, or daytime, schedule.
Read moreIn a new study, researchers recently discovered that Indonesia’s national anti-poverty program reduced deforestation by about 30%.
Read moreA new study calls for a radically different approach to managing deforestation that focuses on our understanding of how individuals make choices.
Read moreDeforestation is not an issue dominating headlines in the U.S. right now, but perhaps it should be, according to UC San Diego research. Deforestation has been linked to both the spread of infectious disease and climate change, and what is most alarming, it’s happening at a rapid rate.
Read moreOn the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, SAS and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis join forces to transform crowdsourced knowledge into actionable intelligence to help protect the planet.
Read moreNew research from the National University of Singapore showed that between 1996 and 2016, substantial mangrove forests have been converted to agricultural use in Myanmar.
Read moreContrary to long-held beliefs, humans did not make major changes to the landscape prior to European colonization, according to new research conducted in New England featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. These new insights into the past could help to inform how landscapes are managed in the future.
Read moreIn a recent article, the Washington Post discussed how the growth of the chocolate industry in Western Africa is leading
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