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• The heat on land: Promoting multifunctional land-use systems – creating synergies between UNFCCC and the Sustainable Development Goals
  Climate Change, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy
  A new project from the Swedish Energy Agency (1,4 million kr) has landed at GMV - Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Focali members are leading and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/the-heat-on-land-promoting-multifunctional-land-use-systems-2013-creating-synergies-between-unfccc-and-the-sustainable-development-goals
  
• WCA Poster presentation: Human security or resilience? The role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate Change, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy, Poverty
  The Focali researchers Jenny Friman and Per Knutsson will present a poster at the World Congress of Agroforestry in India 10-14th of February. The poster is ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/WCA-Burkina-Faso-poster.pdf.
  
• New brief: Addressing food security & climate change with agroforestry, what are the policy options?
  Agroforestry, Ecosystem services, Focali, Food security, Landscapes
  A new publication by Eskil Mattsson within our thematic collaboration with SIANI.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/new-brief-addressing-food-security-climate-change-with-agroforestry-what-are-the-policy-options
  
• Remote sensing of vegetation in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: A literature review from 1975 to 2014
  Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Methodologies
  Martin Karlson and Madelene Ostwald were published in Journal of Arid Environments.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/remote-sensing-of-vegetation-in-the-sudano-sahelian-zone-a-literature-review-from-1975-to-2014
  
• Agricultural commodity consumption and trade responsible for over 40% of tropical deforestation
  Climate Change, Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focali, Land-use, Landscapes, Tropical forests
  This new Focali brief is written by Martin Persson, Sabine Henders and Thomas Kastner and is mainly based on their article: Trading forests: land-use change ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/agricultural-commodity-consumption-and-trade-responsible-for-over-40-of-tropical-deforestation
  
• Scenarios for parklands in Burkina Faso - a report from a workshop for identifying research needs
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes, Poverty
  Focali Report 2012:01 by Gert Nyberg, Lisa Westholm and Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/scenarios-for-parklands-in-burkina-faso-a-report-from-a-workshop-for-identifying-research-needs
  
• Effects of Governance on Availability of Land for Agriculture and Conservation in Brazil
  Agriculture, Conservation, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy
  Focali member Göran Berndes and his colleagues Gerd Sparovek, Alberto Giaroli de Oliveira Pereira Barretto and Marcelo Matsumoto published in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/effects-of-governance-on-availability-of-land-for-agriculture-and-conservation-in-brazil
  
• Forests and trees - essential for food security on a landscape level
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Landscapes, Policy
  Today, on the International Day of Forests, Focali and SIANI publish the brief “Forests and trees – essential for food security on a landscape level”. The ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-and-trees-essential-for-food-security-on-a-landscape-level
  
• Methods for the quantification of emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts
  Agriculture, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Methodologies
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/methods-for-the-quantification-of-emissions-at-the-landscape-level-for-developing-countries-in-smallholder-contexts
  
• Water, Forests and People
  Focaliresearcher, Forests, Landscapes, Policy, Water
  The Swedish Water House cluster group Water and Forests´ work on how and why Sweden should build resilient landscapes are now published in a report and policy ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/water-forests-and-people
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Participate in seminar on "Landscape approaches in practice" in Umeå
  Land-use, Landscapes, Policy, Seminar
  This seminar takes place at SLU in Umeå on March 17 and is hosted by SIANI, SIFI, SLU and Sida.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/landscape-approaches-in-practice.-join-the-seminar-in-umeaa
  
• IUCN Call for papers: Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration
  Deforestation, Landscapes, Mitigation, Tropical forests
  The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has issued a call for papers which provide empirical and scientific evidence of how forest ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/iucn-call-for-papers-enhancing-food-security-through-forest-landscape-restoration
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Blog: Trees, forests and nutrition - Understanding the links
  Agroforestry, Blog, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Food security, Landscapes
  Blog from the ongoing World Congress of Agroforestry in Delhi, written by Focali researcher Matilda Palm
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/blog-trees-forests-and-nutrition-understanding-the-links
  
• Focali Researchers to COP20 in Lima,Peru
  Climate Change, Conference, International Institutions, Landscapes, PES, REDD
  Four Focali researchers - Javier Godar, Toby Gardner, Fariborz Zelli and Tobias Nielson - will participate in side-events during COP20.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/focali-reseachers-to-cop20-in-lima-peru
  
• New Era in the Fight Against Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Opportunities to Improve Policy Effectiveness
  Conservation, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Tropical forests
  In a new policy brief from SEI Focali researchers Javier Godar and Toby Gardner look at why deforestation policies in Brazil, after a decade of success, are ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/new-era-in-the-fight-against-deforestation-in-the-brazilian-amazon-opportunities-to-improve-policy-effectiveness
  
• Register for the Global Landscape Forum
  Agriculture, Conference, Forests, Landscapes, Policy
  Focali and SIANI will have a joint booth at the event held the 16-17 November in Warsaw Poland. See a short video about the event here.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/register-for-the-global-landscape-forum-16-17-of-november
  
• Multifunctional Landscapes - How to enhance productivity and restore ecosystem services for improved livelihoods?
  Carbon sequestration, Conference, Land-use, Landscapes, REDD
  Report from session, co-organized by Focali, at the Agri4D conference held 25-26th of September at SLU in Uppsala.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/multifunctional-landscapes-how-to-enhance-productivity-and-restore-ecosystem-services-for-improved-livelihoods
  
• 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
  
• Course: How to enhance capacity to transform science into policy and practice in the field of food security
  Food security, Landscapes, Policy
  AgriFoSe2030 together with GMV will give a one week training course for African young researchers on effective research-to-policy communication for ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/course-how-to-enhance-capacity-to-transform-science-into-policy-and-practice-in-the-field-of-food-security
  
• Making two parallel land-use sector debates meet: Carbon leakage and indirect land-use change
  Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes
  New article, published in Land Use Policy, written by the Focali researchers Madelene Ostwald and Sabine Henders
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/making-two-parallel-land-use-sector-debates-meet-carbon-leakage-and-indirect-land-use-change
  
• Landscape Approach: the New Hype? Reflections from the Global Landscape Forum
  #forestfood, Blog, Climate Change, Conference, Landscapes, Policy
  SIANI blog post by the Focali Project Coordinator Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/landscape-approach-the-new-hype-reflections-from-the-global-landscape-forum
  
• Provide your feedback on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration strategy
  Ecosystem services, Land degradation, Landscape approaches, Landscapes, Restoration, Sustainable land management
  Welcome to the open consultation process for the Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. The United Nations invite you to ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/provide-your-feedback-on-the-un-decade-on-ecosystem-restoration-strategy
  
• Can more trees improve groundwater levels?
  Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Research grants, Restoration, Rural development, Water
  Focali researchers have challenged the dominant paradigm in forest hydrology – that more trees equal less water – and their groundbreaking research has now ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/can-more-trees-improve-groundwater-recharge-focali-members-to-investigate-the-optimum-tree-cover-theory
  
• 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
  
• Trees in Home Gardens: Making the Most of an Age-Old Practice to Improve Food Security and Nutrition
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Carbon sequestration, Focali, Food security, Forests, Landscapes, Poverty
  This brief explores the value of an agroforestry approach to home gardens, incorporating multiple layers of trees, shrubs and crops, in the context of ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/trees-in-home-gardens-making-the-most-of-an-age-old-practice-to-improve-food-security-and-nutrition
  
• Sharing the Land: Restoring Degraded Ecosystems and Improving Livelihoods Through Agroforestry
  #forestfood, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes
  This brief examines how agroforestry approaches – growing trees with crops, and sometimes with animals – can advance land restoration and conservation while ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/sharing-the-land-restoring-degraded-ecosystems-and-improving-livelihoods-through-agroforestry
  
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