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Digging deeper: How soil spectroscopy is revolutionizing agriculture in The Gambia

Sandra Cordon

Armed with new tools and training, Gambian scientists are using light and data to unlock the secrets beneath their feet

Hands-on learning from Gergera: Training brings watershed restoration to scale in Tigray

Eyob Getahun

Can a hillside teach restoration? The visit to Gergera offered participants a firsthand look at what’s possible

Gergera Watershed: Where floods are controlled and gullies reclaimed

Eyob Getahun

In Gergera, farmers, scientists and local leaders are showing how degraded landscapes can become productive again

Event Coverage - 27 Jun 2025

Great Green Wall innovations hailed on Desertification and Drought Day

Analysis - 25 Jun 2025

Regulating global trade without harming agroforestry farms?

Event Coverage - 23 Jun 2025

Connected farmers can shift more quickly to agroecology—with the right tools, teams and terms

SPECIAL COVERAGE: Forests & Biodiversity

CIFOR-ICRAF at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025

8 May 2025

Can private investment drive forest restoration at scale?

To scale forest restoration, investors need more than trees—they need the right conditions, a new study warns

The green bank: How much do you know about conservation finance?

Biodiversity and forests: Africa strengthens its resilience through regional Centres of Excellence

Sustainable wildlife management in the spotlight at UN biodiversity conference

In-depth

5 Aug 2024

New Centre of Excellence promotes environmental conservation and climate-smart action in Eastern and Southern Africa

Evidence-based data helps address pressing environmental and social challenges

10 Jul 2024

Guyanese conservation hero Leroy Ignacio wins ‘Green Oscar’

19 Jun 2024

A journey across the world’s largest rainforests

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Podcasts

1 Jul 2024

Learning across landscapes

Knowledge from northern Ghana and southern Zambia

29 Aug 2023

To spray or not to spray

11 Apr 2022

Celebrating women in environmental conservation

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Q&A

22 May 2025

“REDD+ and other climate mechanisms must be built from the ground up”

Local perceptions of well-being and REDD+ impact in the Peruvian Amazon

18 Sep 2024

Using Facebook to expose illegal sport hunting in Brazil

Researcher Hani Rocha El Bizri shares how scientists are using social media data to expose illegal sport hunting in Brazil

19 Jul 2024

How Latin America can lead on climate, biodiversity & the circular economy

A Q&A with CIFOR-ICRAF's Director for Latin America and Director of Programmes and Platforms

2 Jul 2024

Q&A: Sagesse Nziavake on wildlife monitoring advances in Yangambi, DRC

An expert expounds on the power of camera traps

VIDEOS

2 Jul 2025

Wait, what?! Why is there an international climate conference in the Amazon?

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“A renaissance of nature” for Africa’s drylands

13 Jun 2024

“A renaissance of nature” for Africa’s drylands

New book details best approaches to Adaptive Collaborative Management in forests

8 Apr 2022

New book details best approaches to Adaptive Collaborative Management in forests

Yangambi: Building a sustainable landscape that puts people first

12 Feb 2021

Yangambi: Building a sustainable landscape that puts people first

Structuring climate finance to benefit women and alleviate poverty

19 Jan 2021

Structuring climate finance to benefit women and alleviate poverty

Analysis: Scientists' views

17 Jun 2025

Is ecosystem restoration sufficiently guided by evidence?

Seven recommendations to enhance evidence integration

13 Jun 2025

Why repurposing harmful subsidies is our main lever for biodiversity funding

9 Jun 2025

Innovating for resilience: Cultivating climate-ready, multifunctional landscapes through Living Labs

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Photo Essay - 21 Jun 2025

Growing giants: How yams shape identity, knowledge and power in PNG

The art, ancestry and accolades involved in growing giant veges

Photo Essay - 19 Jun 2025

When yams speak of marriage: Ceremonies of exchange on the Managalas Plateau

Photo Essay - 19 Jun 2025

When yams speak of marriage: Ceremonies of exchange on the Managalas Plateau

On a forested plateau in Papua New Guinea, some staples signify more than just sustenance

News - 15 Jun 2025

Trapped and wasted: Africa’s iconic wildlife face an uncertain future

News - 15 Jun 2025

Trapped and wasted: Africa’s iconic wildlife face an uncertain future

New study shows an estimated tens of millions of kilograms of wild animal meat is wasted through poor snaring practices every year on the continent

News - 7 Jun 2025

Hope takes root in Africa: How community-led restoration is driving change

CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time – biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity.

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