It is a fact that we have destroyed our soils to crisis point. If we don’t change the trajectory we are on, our planet will eventually be uninhabitable.

Improving management practices in grasslands— large areas covered with grass, especially used for animal grazing— can boost the capacity of soils as carbon sinks, and help countries reach their climate goals, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used to offset greenhouse gas emissions

Across Southern Africa, rangelands support a large amount of small-scale, communal livestock farming. A new IDS-led project, with partners in South Africa and the UK, explores the potential and challenges of context-sensitive and community-led approaches for stewardship of these rangelands.