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• What future for primates? Conservation struggles in the forests of Cross River State, Nigeria
  Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance
  Human induced faunal loss - defaunation - has been greatly overlooked when it comes to forest conservation and management. This recent study by Focali-members ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-future-for-primates-conservation-struggles-in-the-forests-of-cross-river-state-nigeria
  
• Brighter outlook for the rainforest?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Restoration, Tropical forests
  Focali member Martin Persson, in the studio when the Swedish Radio show Klotet reports on positive development of rain forest restoration in Costa Rica. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/brighter-outlook-for-rainforest
  
• How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
  Agriculture, Biodiversity, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Focali researcher Göran Berndes has, together with the main author Stefan Wirsenius and Christian Azar, written this article which has been published in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/how-much-land-is-needed-for-global-food-production-under-scenarios-of-dietary-changes-and-livestock-productivity-increases-in-2030
  
• What are the possibilities for agroforestry to ensure food security?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Focali seminar, Focaliresearcher, Workshop
  Focali interim project coordinator Maria Göthberg together with Ekaterina Bessonova, SIANI, wrote an article based on presentations and discussions from the ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-are-the-possibilities-for-agroforestry-to-ensure-food-security
  
• Quantification of carbon stock and tree diversity of homegardens in a dry zone area of Moneragala district, Sri Lanka
  Biodiversity, Focaliresearcher, Forests
  Eskil Mattson and Madelene Ostwald toghether with two Sri Lankan colleagues published in Agroforestry Systems
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/quantification-of-carbon-stock-and-tree-diversity-of-homegardens-in-a-dry-zone-area-of-moneragala-district-sri-lanka
  
• Focali brief: What is the preference of Swedish forestry stakeholders - biodiversity or production goals?
  Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Focali, Forests, Policy
  Focali brief 2015:01 by Anna Nordén with colleagues.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/focali-brief-what-is-the-preference-of-swedish-forestry-stakeholders-biodiversity-or-production-goals
  
• Planting trees – a strategy for healing degraded land
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher
  Focali interim project coordinator Maria Göthberg wrote an article based on the publication "The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/planting-trees-2013-a-strategy-for-healing-degraded-land
  
• Working paper from Focali researcher
  Biodiversity, Deforestation, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Forests
  Anna Nordén with colleagues release new working paper based on a previous study of stakeholder's preferences on issues of biodiveristy and production in the ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/working-paper-from-focali-researcher
  
• Doing bad by meaning good: exploring the side-effects of land restoration.
  Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Methodologies
  Based on the article “Creating space for large-scale restoration in tropical agricultural landscapes” published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/http-www.siani.se-news-doing-bad-meaning-good-exploring-side-effects-land-restoration
  
• Not seeing the forest for the trees: The oversight of defaunation in REDD+ and global forest governance
  Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Defaunation, Deforestation, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Global REDD-instruments
  Throughout the tropics, forests are increasingly devoid of larger mammals - a condition referred to as empty forests. Large mammals and birds fill important ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/not-seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees-the-oversight-of-defaunation-in-redd-and-global-forest-governance
  
• Toby Gardner
  Biodiversity, Knowledge exchange, Policy, Sustainability Science, Tropical forests
  Research fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/researchers/forskararkiv/toby-gardner
  
• Agricultural development as a driver for change
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Poverty
  The Church of Sweden's position paper on agricultural development for poverty reduction and sustainable development for 2014-2017 is now available in English.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/agricultural-development-as-a-driver-for-change
  
• Restoring dipterocarp rainforest diversity - tree regeneration, life-history traits and the light factor
  Biodiversity, Dissertation, Focaliresearcher, Restoration, Tropical forests
  Focalimember Malin Gustafsson defended her PhD thesis at Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in October. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/restoring-dipterocarp-rainforest-diversity-tree-regeneration-life-history-traits-and-the-light-factor
  
• Focali and SIANI at the World Congress on Agroforestry: Focus on trees and food security
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Climate Change, Conference, Food security, Landscapes
  With two new issue briefs, presentations, blogging and social-media coverage, SIANI and its partner Focali will have a strong presence at the 10-14 February ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/focali-and-siani-at-the-world-congress-on-agroforestry-focus-on-trees-and-food-security
  
• Hunting jeopardizes forest carbon storage, yet is overlooked in climate mitigation efforts
  Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Defaunation, Ecosystem services, Forest governance, Hunting
  The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-is-overlooked-in-climate-mitigation-efforts
  
• Ulrik Ilstedt
  Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Tropical forests, Water
  Associate Professor, Forest Ecology and Management, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/researchers/forskararkiv/ulrik-ilstedt
  
• Do homegardens hold the keys to food security and sustainable land management?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Food security
  Growing trees and crops on the same land for many purposes, an agricultural technique called agroforestry, has gained a lot of traction. The method promises to ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/do-homegardens-hold-the-keys-to-food-security-and-sustainable-land-management
  
• Anna Nordén
  Behavioral economics, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Forest conservation policies, PES
  Assistant Professor in Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, and Domestic Associate within the program Women in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/researchers/forskararkiv/anna-norden
  
• Comparative evaluation of two forest systems under different management regimes in Miombo woodlands
  Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Student thesis
  Protected forests in Tanzania do not have more carbon or biodiversity than unprotected forests according to results from a study made by Lina Hammarstrand ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/comparative-evaluation-of-two-forest-systems-under-different-management-regimes-in-miombo-woodlands
  
• Torsten Krause
  Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Forests, Sustainability Science
  Assistant professor/Associate senior lecturer in Sustainability Science at Lund University.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/researchers/forskararkiv/copy_of_torsten-krause
  
• Conserve or convert? Pan-tropical modeling of REDD–bioenergy competition
  Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, REDD
  An article in Biological Conservation by Martin Persson
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/conserve-or-convert
  
• What is good about Sri Lankan homegardens with regards to food security?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes
  New article with agroforestry focus by Focali researchers Eskil Mattsson and Madelene Ostwald, together with S. P. Nissanka. A synthesis of the current ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-is-good-about-sri-lankan-homegardens-with-regards-to-food-security
  
• Thresholds of species loss in Amazonian deforestation frontier landscapes
  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Toby Gardner with collegues was published in Conservation Biology in January 2015.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/thresholds-of-species-loss-in-amazonian-deforestation-frontier-landscapes
  
• New Focali brief about biofuel production and indirect effects of land-use change
  Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Policy
  This Focali brief is based on a written response, made by the brief authors, to the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. This due to a ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/biofuel-production-and-indirect-effects-of-land-use-change
  
• A recap from workshop on Forest Conservation, Agroforestry and Livelihoods
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Blog, Deforestation, Focali, Workshop
  Focali researcher Torsten Krause recaps the main points of discussion from the FOCALI-the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) workshop ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/focali-2013-lucsus-workshop-on-forest-conservation-agroforestry-and-livelihoods