Integrating agriculture and forestry in the landscape is key to REDD
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 11:02
in Earth & Climate
Evidence from benchmark sites across the tropics is proving that an integrated, multifunctional approach that allows for land-use sharing in agriculture, forests and other functions can achieve good results in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and raising food production levels. It provides more realistic solutions than the popular view on sparing land for forests through agricultural intensification.