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• REDD+ and Tenure: A Review of the Latest Developments in Research, Implementation and Public Policy Debates
  Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Global REDD-instruments, REDD and Poverty, Tropical forests
  Four Focali members co-wrote chapter in the newly published book "Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa".
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/redd-and-tenure-a-review-of-the-latest-developments-in-research-implementation-and-public-policy-debates
  
• Intermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the seasonally dry tropics
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Water
  This is the result from a recently published study in Nature Publishing Group journal Scientific Reports by a team of researchers from CIFOR, ICRAF, CATIE and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/intermediate-tree-cover-can-maximize-groundwater-recharge-in-the-seasonally-dry-tropics
  
• Can Strategical Environmental Assessment (SEA) of REDD+ improve policy making and forest governance - Lessons learned from the World Bank pilot program on SEA in policy and sector reform
  Focaliresearcher, Policy, REDD
  An article written by the Focali researcher Anders Ekbom among others. It was presented at the 2nd UNITAR-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/can-strategical-environmental-assessment-sea-of-redd-improve-policy-making-and-forest-governance-lessons-learned-from-the-world-bank-pilot-program-on-sea-in-policy-and-sector-reform
  
• Editorial: May we have some more land use change, please?
  Focaliresearcher
  Focali member Göran Berndes is co-author of this editorial for Biofpr - Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/editorial-may-we-have-some-more-land-use-change-please
  
• Do national strategies under the UN biodiversity and climate conventions address agricultural commodity consumption as deforestation driver?
  Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Land-use
  New publication on whether or not commodity driven deforestation is acknowledged within national strategies to reach UN biodiversity and climate conventions. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/do-national-strategies-under-the-un-biodiversity-and-climate-conventions-address-agricultural-commodity-consumption-as-deforestation-driver
  
• To leak or not to leak?: Land-Use Displacement and Carbon Leakage from Forest Conservation
  Climate Change, Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Dissertation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Methodologies, Policy, REDD
  Focali researcher Sabine Henders successfully defended her PhD thesis on deforestation and land use displacement at Linköping University the 27th of March.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/to-leak-or-not-to-leak-land-use-displacement-and-carbon-leakage-from-forest-conservation
  
• Forest Carbon Leakage Quantification Methods and Their Suitability for Assessing Leakage in REDD
  CDM, Focaliresearcher, Methodologies, REDD
  A article by Sabine Henders and Madelene Ostwald published in the journal Forests.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/leakage-quantification-methods
  
• Biofuels Baseline 2008
  Bioenergy, Focaliresearcher
  A report that serves as a baseline for the follow-up of the EU bioenergy directive
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/biofuels-baseline-2008
  
• New brief from AgriFoSe2030 on gender issues in research on agriculture for food security
  Agriculture, Focaliresearcher, Food security, Gender, Landscapes, Policy
  Agriculture in low- and middle-income countries face considerable challenges with rapidly evolving complexity. Although opportunities for agricultural research ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/new-policy-brief-from-agrifose2030-on-gender-issues-in-research-on-agriculture-and-food-security
  
• Scaling up deforestation-free production and trade with jurisdictions
  Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, International Trade, Land-use
  This book chapter, written by Focali members Javier Godar and Toby Gardner together with other members of the Trase team, outlines steps to facilitate ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/scaling-up-deforestation-free-production-and-trade-with-jurisdictions
  
• Opportunities and Challenges to Capturing the Multiple Potential Benefits of REDD+ in a Traditional Transnational Savanna-Woodland Region in West Africa
  Focaliresearcher, REDD
  Article written by Gunilla A. Olsson and Syna Ouattara published in AMBIO
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/opportunities-and-challenges-to-capturing-the-multiple-potential-benefits-of-redd-in-a-traditional-transnational-savanna-woodland-region
  
• Homegardens as a Multi-functional Land-Use Strategy in Sri Lanka with Focus on Carbon Sequestration
  Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, REDD
  New article written by Focali researchers published in AMBIO
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/homegardens-as-a-multi-functional-land-use-strategy-in-sri-lanka
  
• Rents, actors and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco
  Agriculture, Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Focali researcher Javier Godar together with nine other researchers has recently published an article on the dynamics of agricultural frontier expansion and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/rents-actors-and-the-expansion-of-commodity-frontiers-in-the-gran-chaco
  
• Forests and the climate: Manage for maximum wood production or leave the forest as a carbon sink?
  Carbon sequestration, Energy, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Forests, Mitigation
  The scientific community represents different viewpoints on forest-climate interactions and how to prioritize to meet the goal of the Paris Agreement. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-and-the-climate-manage-for-maximum-wood-production-or-leave-the-forest-as-a-carbon-sink
  
• New article: The Chinese Grain for Green Programme - Assessing the carbon sequestered via land reform
  Bioenergy, Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Mitigation
  The article is written by the Focali researcher Madelene Ostwald together with Martin Persson, Jesper Moberg and Jintao Xu
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/the-chinese-grain-for-green-programme-assessing-the-carbon-sequestered-via-land-reform
  
• Forests on drained agricultural peatland are potentially large sources of greenhouse gases – insights from a full rotation period simulation
  Focaliresearcher
  New article co-authored by Focali member Åsa Kasimir published in Biogeosciences. Through a PhD project by Hongxing He funded by the Swedish Energy Agency ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-on-drained-agricultural-peatland-are-potentially-large-sources-of-greenhouse-gases-2013-insights-from-a-full-rotation-period-simulation
  
• New study on photosynthetic capacity of tropical trees
  Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Photosynthesis, Tropical forests
  Göran Wallin and Johan Uddling with collegues gets published in Oecologia.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/new-study-on-photosynthetic-capacity-of-tropical-trees
  
• Madelene Ostwald has written a chapter in new Future Forests publication
  Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  The Focali researcher Madelene Ostwald has written the chapter “Climate-Related Forest Policies and Trends” in the book “The Future Use of Nordic Forests - A ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/madelene-ostwald-has-written-a-chapter-in-new-future-forests-publication
  
• Oil palm for biodiesel in Brazil - risks and opportunities
  Bioenergi, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
  Oskar Englund, Göran Berndes and Martin Persson with colleague was published in IOPscience's Environmental Research Letters.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/oil-palm-for-biodiesel-in-brazil-risks-and-opportunities
  
• Modeling Potential Freshwater Ecotoxicity Impacts Due to Pesticide Use in Biofuel Feedstock Production
  Bioenergi, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Water
  Göran Berndes with the colleagues Maria Nordborg and Christel Cederberg was published in Environmental Science and Technology.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/modeling-potential-freshwater-ecotoxicity-impacts-due-to-pesticide-use-in-biofuel-feedstock-production-the-cases-of-maize-rapeseed-salix-soybean-sugar-cane-and-wheat
  
• Heterogeneity and assessment uncertainties in forest characteristics and biomass carbon stocks: Important considerations for climate mitigation policies
  Focaliresearcher
  New article written by Focali members Eskil Mattsson, Madelene Ostwald, Göran Wallin and their colleague S.P. Nissanka published in Land Use Policy.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/heterogeneity-and-assessment-uncertainties-in-forest-characteristics-and-biomass-carbon-stocks-important-considerations-for-climate-mitigation-policies
  
• Benefits from ecosystem services in Sahelian village landscapes
  Agroforestry, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Poverty
  Focalimember Hanna Sinare defend her academic dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources Management at Stockholm University 11 ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/benefits-from-ecosystem-services-in-sahelian-village-landscapes
  
• Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES
  Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, PES
  New paper by Focali researcher Martin Persson and colleagues Liv Lundberg, Francisco Alpizar and Kristian Lindgren explores the effectiveness of Payment for ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/context-matters-exploring-the-cost-effectiveness-of-fixed-payments-and-procurement-auctions-for-pes
  
• 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
  
• Photosynthetic temperature responses of tree species in Rwanda
  Focaliresearcher, Forests, Photosynthesis
  Johan Uddling and Göran Wallin together with six colleagues were published in New Phytologist.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/photosynthetic-temperature-responses-of-tree-species-in-rwanda
  
• 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
  
• New Report: Water for Productive and Multifunctional Landscapes
  Ecosystem services, Environmental governance, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Restoration, Water
  As part of the SIWI/SWH Cluster Group on Water in the Landscape, Focali-researchers Aida Bargués Tobella and Ulrik Ilstedt are co-authors to new report on ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/new-report-water-for-productive-and-multifunctional-landscapes
  
• 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
  
• Have Brazil’s deforestation policies hit the limits of their effectiveness?
  Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Forests, Tropical forests
  In a SEI news story Focali researchers Toby Gardner and Javier Godar describe their findings from a study on Brazil's deforestation.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/have-brazil2019s-deforestation-policies-hit-the-limits-of-their-effectiveness
  
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