Loss of soil carbon due to climate change will be ‘huge’
55 trillion kilograms: that’s how much carbon could be released into the atmosphere from the soil by mid-century if climate change isn’t stopped. And all in the form of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane. Tom Crowther (NIOO-KNAW) and his team are publishing the results of a worldwide study int…
Where are forests in Europe’s Sustainable Development Goals plans?
In September 2015, after the largest consultation in the history of the United Nations, more than 150 world leaders agreed on a new agenda to “free the human race from the tyranny of poverty”. The Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) lay out 17 universal goals, targets…