Food security, sustainable livelihoods, and responsible land use are foundational to the resilience and long-term sustainability of global food systems. In ...

A bid to bolster eviction protections for San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood businesses won key approval last Tuesday as city leaders contemplate a sweeping rezoning plan that stands to boost ...

Senator Scott Wiener is back with another bill – SB 79 – to provide for streamlined ministerial (i.e., no CEQA) approval of qualifying housing development projects near transit across California. For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. There are several activities that are affecting forests and ...

Over 20 years ago, a national assessment of natural hazards research was undertaken to catalogue the status of research and to set funding priorities for the future, and to assess research needs in ...

Test plot with sustainable grassland use in the GCEF field experiment overseen by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Bad Lauchstädt. The roof structures simulate future climate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Forests are the lungs of our planet, absorbing carbon dioxide ...

Expanding human requirements and economic activities are placing ever increasing pressures on land resources, creating competition and conflicts and resulting in suboptimal use of both land and land ...

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