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Famine in Africa: Can Reforestation Improve Food Security?
Posted by Mongabay: Karimeh Moukaddem on September 14th, 2011
Mongabay: Deforestation worsens famine in Africa, but drylands restoration could help.
Millions of people across the Horn of Africa are suffering under a crippling regional drought and tens of thousands have died during the accompanying famine. Refuge camps in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia are swelling with the hungry.
The best hope in the short-term is food aid and logistical support, but in the longer term, dryland reforestation efforts may help improve food security, argues a new report from the Consultative...
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Can Brazil meet deforestation, climate goals and still grow its cattle industry?
Posted by Mongabay: Karimeh Moukaddem on June 9th, 2011
Mongabay: Despite environmentalists' efforts to combat "rainforest beef" in the 1980s, pasture expansion for cattle is still the primary cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, says a new report produced by Brighter Green.
While Brazil's investments in agribusiness have made it an agricultural powerhouse--the country is now the world’s third-largest exporter of farm commodities after the US and the European Union--unfortunately, two of the Brazil’s key products, cattle and soy, are still driving...