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The Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching project, now in its tenth year, has helped 4,100 family farms in five distinct zones of Colombia adopt “silvopastoral” techniques that combine trees (silvo) with pasture, in a beneficial combination for farmers, their cows and the broader environment. Photo: Flore de Preneuf/World Bank.

August 7, 2019 | Feature Story

Trees and cows offer path to recovery in Colombia
To prevent overexploitation of the fishery resources, regional authorities in Galicia have worked in close coordination with scientists, fisherfolk, and the private sector to design management systems that are now internationally recognized for their effectiveness. Photo: Rafael Ramirez Lee/Shutterstock.

August 2, 2019 | Feature Story

Schooling together: peer to peer learning for sustainable fisheries management
Fishery improvement projects (FIPs) bring together businesses, vessel owners, NGOs and governments to identify environmental challenges in a fishery and develop an action plan to address them. Photo: J'nel/Shutterstock.

August 1, 2019 | Blog

Needed: an ecosystem of partners to support ocean health
A year ago, UNDP launched the UN Biodiversity Lab in partnership with UN Environment and the UN Biodiversity Convention to support nearly 140 countries to use spatial data to better deliver on their global commitments to biodiversity and sustainable development. Photo: Enrique Aguirre/Shutterstock.

July 29, 2019 | Feature Story

How data can protect wildlife
A new pilot initiative covering about 25,000 hectares and using shepherds, has succeeded in increasing production of rangeland lamb and beef while simultaneously restoring vegetation and fostering biodiversity. Photo: Jonathan Taylor/Landmark Foundation.

July 26, 2019 | Feature Story

Win-win for people and planet: smart shepherding in South Africa
We are in the middle of a disruptive digital transformation that compels us to update traditional business models. We need to create an entirely new model for the chemical industry – one we might term “chemistry and materials as a service." Photo: Tong Nawarit/Shutterstock.

July 24, 2019 | Blog

Business should ensure the well-being of people and the planet
Over the past two years, IFC’s Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services’ Advisory Services team has been working on a pilot project with 11 of Neuland’s farms to showcase the operational and financial benefits of shifting to more efficient and environmentally sustainable ranching practices. Photo: Neuland Cooperative.

July 17, 2019 | Feature Story

Beefing up Paraguay's meat industry
Human activity has “significantly altered” 75 per cent of land and 66 per cent of oceans, mainly through food production. Photo: Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock.

July 16, 2019 | Blog

Three steps to meeting the climate and nature emergency
At least four indigenous groups live in the Sierra. The most populated and influential are the Rarámuris, known for their ancient traditions, their colourful clothing and their unbreakable relationship with nature. Photo: Svetlana Bykova/Shutterstock.

July 15, 2019 | Feature Story

Protecting the Sierra Tarahumara, a biodiversity hot spot
Madagascar is the world’s leading producer of vanilla. Fanamby has initiated a programme for the crop which aims to support farmers in producing good-quality vanilla with sure access to international markets, but without it being their only source of revenue. This programme also aims to promote gender equality by involving the leadership of strong women producers. Photo: Pierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock.

July 11, 2019 | Blog

Conserving nature boosts farmer incomes and cuts poverty
With the onset of climate change, Cambodians are seeing changes. Temperatures are rising; the arrival of the monsoon is becoming less predictable; floods and droughts are increasing in frequency and severity.

July 10, 2019 | Feature Story

Reducing risk, reaping resilience: Furnishing Cambodia’s farmers with the knowledge to adapt to climate change
Bringing together key stakeholders from public and private institutions to discuss scaling investment in climate adaptation, FASTR provided a platform for leaders to showcase existing initiatives and best practices for climate adaptation investment and to announce new commitments to climate adaptation over the coming years. Photo: Volodymyr Goinyk/Shutterstock.

July 10, 2019 | News

New commitments to scaling up climate adaptation investment
Growing population: approximately 20 million people now live in Lagos. Photo: ariyo olasunkanmi/Shutterstock.

July 8, 2019 | Blog

Renewable energy is the only way to fuel African growth
Recovering traditional conservation practices in natural resource management through a self-strengthening process was the goal of this project.

July 2, 2019 | Feature Story

Women, culture, and territory: Safeguarding biodiversity by protecting ancestral culture in Colombia
Analysis shows that, for every dollar spent on food, society pays two in health, environmental and economic costs: $5.7 trillion (£4.33 trillion) of this huge annual economic burden is due to how food is produced and how its by-products are managed. Photo: Fotokostic/Shutterstock.

June 26, 2019 | Blog

Fixing the food system: how cities can truly feed the world