Agroforestry News

The campaign to plant seven billion trees has achieved its goal, the United Nations announced Tuesday. 7.3 billion trees have been planted in 167 countries since the UN Environment Programme…

Conservationists work with local communities to protect the okapi, and its rainforest habitat, in the aftermath of a brutal civil war.

Environmental conservation depends, to a large degree, on public acceptance. Understanding people’s opinions on ecosystems and wildlife can be very helpful in designing programs that aim to benefit both the…

The highly touted reforestation project launched by orangutan conservationist Willie Smits in Indonesian Borneo is detailed in this week's issue of Science. The Samboja Lestari project, popularized by Smits' presentation…

Policies promoting industrial rubber plantations over traditional swidden, or slash-and-burn, agriculture across Southeast Asia may carry significant environmental consequences, including loss of biodiversity, reduction of carbon stocks, pollution and degradation…

As concern for the preservation of forest eco-systems in the tropics has increased over past decades, there has been a growing consideration for ways to harmonize tropical agricultural production with…

“I want to convince you we need to go beyond primary forests to preserve biodiversity”, Robin Chazdon told an audience at the National Natural History Museum during a symposium on…

An overview of the Smithsonian’s Symposium: “Will the rainforests survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis”

Shade-grown coffee protects more than birds and bats

REDD is a threat to forest people, alleges report REDD may harm forest people, alleges report Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 2, 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques mongabay.com November 26, 2008

Rainforest agriculture preserves bird biodiversity in India Rainforest agriculture preserves bird biodiversity in India Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 4, 2008 A new PNAS study offers hope that agroforestry can conserve…

Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change mongabay.com October 3, 2008

Ancient Amazon tribes lived in sustainable "garden cities", argues new research Researchers have uncovered new evidence to support the controversial theory that parts of the Amazon were home to dense…

Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity: Interview with Rodolfo Dirzo, ecologist at Stanford University> Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com May 20, 2008 Loss of wildlife…

Carbon for forest conservation concept faces challenges but offers big payoff Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges But initiative could save forests and alleviate rural poverty: An interview…

Can remittances and globalization help the environment? Can remittances and globalization help the environment? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com September 6, 2007 Globalization and other economic trends appear to be helping…