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Tree-based biopesticides can boost food security, protect the environment and strengthen Africa's economy
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (444+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET More than a decade ago, my colleagues and I reviewed the'status of botanical pesticides'derived from trees and other plant species in sub-Saharan Africa. We found that regulatory barriers and limited investment were holding back a'promising sector....
From science-based evidence to action
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (551+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET Yet despite their relevance, many of these findings remain little known or underused. Too often, they fail to reach the policymakers and practitioners who could turn them into practical solutions. "We must find ways to link…...
Petit Robert" shows how local knowledge strengthens wildlife conservation in Cameroon
3+ week, 5+ day ago (704+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET "It's very important to work with local communities because they are both the primary beneficiaries and, equally, the first victims of environmental challenges," said'Okale. "As researchers and technical experts, we bring scientific knowledge, but river communities…...
The honey bargain: How bees are helping forests stay standing
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (1483+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET Those bees need the trees. The trees need the bees. And in that exchange is a practical answer to a question conservationists have wrestled with for decades: how do you make forests worth more alive than…...
Seed orchards in Ethiopia are being thinned to improve seed quality
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (933+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolios (PATSPO) project has so far established 62 breeding'orchards (BSOs) and'seedling seed orchards (SSOs) since 2018. The project was launched in May 2017. The third phase of the project, PATSPO III, has started…...
Wait, what? ! A wooden satellite in space?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (180+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET Why would anyone send a satellite made of wood into space? In this episode of Wait, what? !, we start with one surprising question and open up a much bigger conversation about the bioeconomy. From textiles to…...
Wood in the bioeconomy transition: Navigating opportinities and challenges
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (252+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET [Editor's note: This article reflects the personal views of the author] The climate case is just as striking. Using one ton of wood in construction can prevent around 2. 2 tons of CO" emissions compared to Portland cement....
Four visions of 2050, one forest
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET [Editor's note: This article reflects the personal views of the author.] I have argued elsewhere that this incompatibility is itself the structural impasse. The planetary boundaries framework defines the land-system change boundary explicitly in terms of…...
How'genebanks'are protecting Africa's threatened wild food plants'
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (917+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET The'Third Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture,'published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),'reveals that 70 percent of surveyed wild food plant'diversity in…...
Study: Amazonian'wildlife'feeds'millions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (582+ words) FORESTS / TREES / PEOPLE / PLANET Across the vast Amazon rainforest, people have hunted a wide array of animals " mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and amphibians " for millennia. Yet until recently, there has been little comprehensive understanding of the scale of this offtake,…...