New article by Joli Rumi Borah and James Reed on ‘Balancing trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and livelihoods’
Biodiversity is essential for safeguarding food security, ecosystem function, and human well-being. A collaborative study by the Collaborating to Operationalise Landscape Approaches for Nature, Development and Sustainability (COLANDS) team highlights the need for incorporating the ecological dimension in integrated landscape approaches. India aims to better integrate biodiversity conservation and livelihood objectives through the Biodiversity […]
Samuel Adeyanju contributed a chapter on ‘Global Higher Education During COVID-19: Policy, Society, and Technology’
Samuel Adeyanju recently contributed a chapter on a book titled ‘Global Higher Education During COVID-19: Policy, Society, and Technology‘. The book explores the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for global mobility in the field of international higher education. Specifically, this book responds to the growing need for new insights and perspectives to improve higher […]
Alida and Diling won the Mary and David Macaree Fellowship 2022
Congratulations to Alida O’ Connor and Diling Liang for winning the Mary and David Macaree Fellowship for 2022. Diling also won the Hamish Kimmins Scholarship in Forest Ecosystems. Well done both!
New paper from Sunderland lab on Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia
A new paper led by Samuel Adeyanju and Alida O’Connor titled ‘Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for integrated landscape approaches’ has been recently published on ‘International Forestry Review’. The paper discusses the positive characteristics and persistent challenges arising from CBNRM initiatives in both countries. The full paper is […]
New article by Joli Rumi Borah and Terry Sunderland on ‘How do forests and trees sustain agriculture?’
‘Forests and agriculture, although often considered as separate or conflicting entities, are actually interlinked. Agricultural intensification and expansion are the primary drivers of global forest loss accounting for 11% of total global carbon emissions. Forest conversion negatively impacts biodiversity, reduces ecosystem resilience and also affects ecosystem services such as pollination, nutrient cycling and soil fertility […]
Congratulations to Debbie and Alida for winning the Three Minute Talk challenge 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference
Big congratulations to Debbie and Alida for winning the first and second prizes respectively at the Three Minute Talk challenge of 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference! Both presented their doctoral research at the challenge. Debbie spoke about the impact of land rights and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon on livelihoods of rural woman and Alida presented […]
Samuel Adeyanju spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on community-based natural resource management in Ghana and Zambia
Samuel Adeyanju recently spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on ‘Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for integrated landscape approaches’. He presented the successes and challenges of the CBNRM initiatives in the two countries and the potential of the integrated landscape approaches in addressing the challenges to ensure sustainable […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on importance of Science Communication
Terry Sunderland recently spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on ‘Communicating science: A practical perspective’. He emphasized on why communicating science is an important process to disseminate research findings, influence policy and have broader impact. His talk focused on science communication strategies that have proven effective in “getting the message out” to a wider […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at a webinar on ‘Climate Change: How Nature Based Solutions Restore Balance’
Terry spoke at a recent webinar on nature based solutions to address climate change on 29th July, 2021. The other two panelists were Drew Bondar from Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust and Larry McDermott from Plenty Canada. They discussed different approaches and research on restoring landscapes integrating food and forests sustainably. Terry highlighted the important […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at a pre-summit of the UN Food Systems Summit on ‘Tomorrow’s food systems need forests and trees’
Terry Sunderland recently took part at a pre-summit of the UN Food Systems Summit on ‘Tomorrow’s food systems need forests and trees’. This panel discussion highlighted some of the evidence for how forests and trees provide healthy foods directly and indirectly. The three speakers from Asia, Latin America, and Africa also showcased three tree-based interventions […]