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April 16, 2018

Martin Brandt, along with SSC Fellow Ole Mertz and GLP Member Stephanie Herrmann, published an article in Nature Geoscience this month on macroscale assessments of the impact of management and climate on woody cover for drylands. They concluded that agricultural expansion causes a considerable reduction of trees in woodlands, but observations in Sahel indicate that villagers safeguard trees on nearby farmlands which contradicts simplistic ideas of a high negative correlation between population density and woody cover.

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December 22, 2017

The Guest Editors of a Special Issue of the journal Land focused on Advancing Methods and Models for Implementing REDD+ for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation invite manuscripts.Deadline is rolling and will be open until April 2018.

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