Carbon Farming is a pioneering landscape project, supported by EIT Climate-KIC, which uses a systemic approach to increase soil carbon sequestration (SCS), while also considering the needs of multiple stakeholders and partners, as well as local context. It currently has pilots in France and Switzerland.
A unique satellite dataset on the world's tropical forests is now available for all to see and use.It's a high-resolution image map covering 64 countries that will be updated monthly.
Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results indicate that this ‘green snow’ is likely to spread as global temperatures increase.
Global trends in population growth and dietary changes show that the overall demand for food will continue to increase, and there are risks of natural resource degradation and scarcity due to increased competition and climate change.
14th Arctic Frontiers conference with the theme “Power of knowledge”. The conference has a pan arctic perspective and builds new partnerships across nations, generations and ethnic groups. Arctic Frontiers provides a forum for dialogue and communication between science, government and industry in the Arctic.
This dataset comprises estimates of forest above-ground biomass for the year 2017. The data has been produced as part of the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme by the Biomass CCI team.
Information on the world's forests will be more transparent and easy-to-use than ever in the coming years, thanks to the new cooperation between FAO and the Government of Norway, which aims to improve global statistics on forest resources and their changes.
The KC for Territorial Policies organises a Workshop on Territorial Indicators on 13th – 14th March 2019, in Ispra, Italy.
