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Watersheds

The Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry Isn’t the Solution. We Have a Smarter Answer.

The deal to keep the Colorado River from going dry offers only a temporary reprieve rather than an enduring solution, failing to fully address the poor practices that got us here or anticipate future challenges.

7 July 2023

By Brianna Van Matre

Record low Colorado River levels can be seen in exposed layers
An example of agroforestry - a landscape with fruit trees, shrubs and vegetables growing together

Responding to EAT-Lancet: Consider agroecological solutions

The EAT-Lancet Commission report underestimates the potential of agroecological systems to generate healthy diets within planetary bounds.

A section of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya

Transforming Agriculture from Threat to Solution for Environmental Challenges

Sustainable intensification alone is not enough. Integrated Landscape Management is transforming agriculture into a driver of climate action, biodiversity conservation, and resilient food systems.

20 October 2016

By Sara Scherr

water-logged land

Seeing the water basins for the trees

Forest management for water and climate requires integrated landscape approaches that consider scale, context, and ecosystem connections.

28 December 2015

By Rachel Friedman