Major rise in forest disturbances over the past 70 years
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Published in Nature Communications by JRC and partner scientists from other organisations, this study represents the largest European soil biodiversity assessment. It is based on measured DNA and soil...
New study looking into drivers of soil biodiversity finds that a higher richness and diversity of soil bacteria and fungi - detected in more disturbed areas, such as croplands...
Minna Ots, UNEP-WCMC Nature-based Solutions Restoration Carbon Finance Intern, dives into the rapidly evolving world of carbon markets and explores how UNEP-WCMC and the Endangered Landscapes...
In recent years GTCAP’s research and development work principally focused on 1) Promote the checks by monitoring approach as a key control system for paying agencies and 2) Make...
Tropical deforestation for land conversion to agriculture is a known problem. Through a novel method which maps changes in biodiversity in production areas, researchers have highlighted the impacts...
Using Landfill Sites and Marginal Lands for Socio-Economically Sustainable Biomass Production through Cultivation of Non-Food Energy Crops: An Analysis Focused on South Asia and Europe
Food security and energy transition are among the current major global environmental challenges. Although these issues individually are significant in their own right...
New research has identified sites that may serve as climate refugia in Mediterranean Europe over the next 50 years. Most refugia are located outside...
Today, the European Commission has launched an online public consultation on the upcoming legislative proposal for a new EU framework for forest monitoring and strategic plans. The aim is to develop...
Changes in future soil erosion rates are driven by climatic conditions, land use patterns, socio-economic development, farmers’ choices, and importantly modified by agro-environmental policies...