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Nature already mitigates a significant measure of human-made GHG emissions; approximately a quarter of these emissions are absorbed by trees, plants, and soil, while another quarter is absorbed into marine systems. Yet, if protected, sustainably managed, and restored, nature has the power to do even more.
Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) are climate...
Report
2020
During a convention organized by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), international experts endorsed the significant efforts to boost agroecological and natural farming approaches in India.
NITI Aayog highlighted the transformation and renewal of agriculture in India, addressing agroecology and natural farming as an alternative that can ease the excessive...
India
Article
2020
The Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) is a new terminology specifically introduced in order to promote nature to provide solutions to the challenges of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The concept of NbS is rooted in the relationship between biodiversity and human well-being. Nevertheless, this relationship has been recognized for centuries under the...
Policy brief/paper
2020
Business as usual is no longer an option for today’s global agriculture system: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and catastrophic risks of climate change demand immediate action.
Agroecology involves the application of ecological principles for the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. Agroecological innovations promote circular systems that...
Article
2021
The trilateral South-South cooperation project Sembrando Capacidades presented, on Wednesday, July 7, the guidelines for agroecology research in Colombia and Brazil.
The event was broadcasted live on YouTube at 14:00 (GMT - 3) with the aim to socialize the document 'Proposed guidelines for agroecology research in Colombia and Brazil' and the proposed...
Brazil - Colombia
Event
2021
The Sembrando Capacidades project presents the recording of the "Agroecological Transitions: Practices and Experiences" event which aims to present the document ''Agroecological Transitions: Practices and Experiences in Colombia'' that collect the experiences and practices of nine agroecological transition initiatives in Colombia and three traditional agroecological systems. Read more in the...
Brazil - Colombia
Event
2021
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