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There’s No Time, or Food, to Waste Comments|Add Comment|PrintTo feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050, we need large-scale reductions in food loss and waste. Photo: iStock How can the world nutritiously feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050, in a way that supports rural development and tackles cli...
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines — The first time Maylene Bibat saw the green dot on her tablet marking the location of her husband’s boat, she was thrilled. “I instantly felt less worried,” said the mother of three. “It was like knowing that he was safe.” For years, Maylene had to wait anxio...
FAO today launched a new $7.1 million project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to make forest data more accessible, transparent and available, and, in particular, help developing countries to meet the Paris Climate Agreement's enhanced transparency requirements....
400,000 rural women are guardians to 25 million hectares of babassu palm forest where the Brazilian Amazon meets the Cerrado savanna, but industrial agribusiness is moving in....
An der WSL steht das nationale Samenarchiv der Schweiz (https://www.wsl.ch/de/ueber-die-wsl/versuchsanlagen-und-labors/versuchsgarten/gewinnung-und-lagerung-von-saatgut.html) Darin lagern wir Samen von rund 90 Baum- und Sträuchersorten für Forschungsprojekte und Forstbetriebe. Vor der Lagerung mü...
The WSL is home to the National Seed Archive of Switzerland. We store seeds from around 90 tree and shrub varieties for research projects and forestry operations. Before storage, we have to clean the seeds using a specially developed machine....
Le WSL abrite la banque suisse de graines (https://www.wsl.ch/fr/ueber-die-wsl/versuchsanlagen-und-labors/versuchsgarten/gewinnung-und-lagerung-von-saatgut.html). Nous conservons des graines d'environ 90 espèces d'arbres et d'arbustes pour des projets de recherche et des entreprises forestières. A...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 455Author(s): Gregory T. Wann, James A. Martin, Michael J. ChamberlainAbstractThe pine-grassland ecosystems once prevalent in the Southeastern United States were dependent on frequent fire events to maintain plant communit...
Publication date: 15 January 2020Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 456Author(s): Xianfeng Yi, Mengyao JuAbstractReserves in cotyledons and nutrients in soil are essential for the early development of seedlings of oaks. However, much less is known to what extent the reserves in seeds and/...
Publication date: February 2020Source: Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 111Author(s): Carolina Serra, Sarah L. BurnsAbstractIllegal logging and trade are one of the most important issues in world politics, strongly connected with deforestation and forest degradation, especially in developing coun...
Publication date: February 2020Source: Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 111Author(s): Benxi Lin, Ruiying Du, Zekuan Dong, Shaosheng Jin, Weipin LiuAbstractThe aim of this study is to examine the impact of FDI on the total factor productivity of the forest products industry in China. We investigat...
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