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NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul during Earth Week, announced that as part of record funding being invested in the State’s agricultural stewardship programs, $28.75 million is now available for on-farm projects through the Climate Resilient Farming grant program.According to a press release from the governor’s office, Round 8 of CRF provides critical funding that […]

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul during Earth Week, announced that as part of record funding being invested in the State’s agricultural stewardship programs, $28.75 million is now available for on-farm projects through the Climate Resilient Farming grant program. According to a press release from the governor’s office, Round 8 of CRF provides critical funding […]

Large trees in older forests that hold significant amounts of carbon located within U.S. national forests are vulnerable to logging, according to a new study published Jan. 6 in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. Forest protection efforts often single out old-growth forests because of the carbon they keep out of the atmosphere, […]

Governor Hochul announced the New York State initiative, NYS Connects: Climate Smart Farms and Forests Project, was awarded a $60 million grant under the first round of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity.

Efforts to restore tropical peatlands need fire-free plantations (commentary) In Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, peatlands have been extensively drained and cleared using fire for agricultural purposes. One important step to reverse peatland degradation is to transition to fire-free sustainable peatland management in plantations. Insufficient law enforcement, lack of inter-agency coordination, relatively weak governance, and poor institutional capacity for forest and peatl...

MAHFSA Regional Workshop and Consultation Meeting for Capacity Building and Knowledge Product Development 16 March 2021, 09:00 AM – 12:10 PM (GMT+7) Home » Events » MAHFSA Regional Workshop and Consultation Meeting for Capacity Building and Knowledge Product Development Share this Background The “Measurable Action for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management in Southeast Asia” (MAHFSA) Programme is a five-year joint initiative between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) an...