by EcoAgriculture Partners | Dec 6, 2010
Agriculture has big opportunity to reduce emissions Agricultural practices, including expansion into forest lands, are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Yet, agriculture can also mitigate GHG emissions through the reduction of nitrous oxide and methane...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Nov 15, 2010
Landscape approaches to territorial development provide a helpful framework for addressing the challenges of multi- functional, multi-objective rural landscapes. Global trends to decentralize government functions and allow more local autonomy offer promising...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Oct 4, 2010
How to seize current opportunities to devise an Africa-led strategy for sustainable development that would not only achieve food security and improve nutrition, with resilience to climate change, but also realize the benefits of sustainable land management for...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Aug 12, 2009
More than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions arise from the land use sector. Thus, no strategy for mitigating global climate change can be complete or successful without reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. Moreover, only...
by EcoAgriculture Partners | Jun 1, 2009
The 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to review the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in May 2008 presented a unique opportunity to bring attention to the importance of integrating agricultural issues more fully into the CBD, as well as more...
