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Growing, higher income and more urbanised populations continue to demand a more varied and nutritionally balanced diet. The bio-economy, including renewable energy, also increases demand for food and agricultural products. While responding to these opportunities, the agriculture and food sector is confronting increased competition for natural resources, has to adapt to changing temperatures,…

Climate change could affect human livelihood and increase migration pressure in various parts of Africa, potentially posing a security threat in transit and destination regions. To investigate and influence the seemingly conflicting relationship between migration and climate change the paper discusses three concepts which integrate migration into the climate adaptation policy framework. The most…

Drought is arguably one of the most devastating natural disasters in developing countries, particularly in Africa. Climate change is expected to add to this threat. Drought has far-reaching socio-economic and ecological implications that include loss of lives and livelihoods, famine, lack of water for human use and livestock, pasture and crops, diminishing energy production, and loss of assets…

Recognising the challenge of implementing high-level targets and initiatives like the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration and Land Degradation Neutrality, and realising that obtaining results on the ground will confront many context-specific questions, a team of scientists from relevant IUFRO units has prepared this practitioner's guide to Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration. The guide…

The energy–water–food (EWF) nexus approach recognizes the dynamic and complex interlinkages between energy, water and food security, all of which are key goals in the context of sustainable development. The approach is a structured planning method that aims to capture the interdependency of resource use and availability across all three major sectors. In so doing, it can lead to a more optimal…

Widespread palm oil production causes much controversy due to its negative impacts in the tropics. But whatever is said about it, it is big business and getting bigger by the day due to increasing global demands. Alongside this, the size and depth of the social and environmental debates surrounding palm oil production are also growing. As a major globally-consumed commodity, its production in the…