Tags: biodiversity

ILRI News on biodiversity

04 Feb 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Photo by MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images Anja Gassner , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) ; Philip Dobie , World Agroforestry (ICRAF) , and Terry Sunderland , University of British Columbia The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the...

Anja GassnerGlobal Landscapes Forum science advisor and senior scientist(ICRAF)
Philip DobieSenior fellow(ICRAF)
Terry SunderlandProfessor in the faculty of forestry(University of British Columbia)

ILRI News

13 Oct 2020

International Livestock Research Institute becomes Global Landscapes Forum charter member

(BONN, 12 October 2020) – Over half a billion people in developing countries depend to some extent on farm animals for their livelihoods. Animal-sourced food also plays an important role in nutrition, through providing readily-available proteins and micronutrients. But animal agriculture is also...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

ILRI News

12 Oct 2020

When numbers lie

Land surface temperature data from ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station’s validation towers are significantly warmer than expected, prompting concern . Vast disparities in the number of instruments used to validate satellite climate sensors data have woefully underestimated the true peak temperatures of...