The risk of wildfire is higher in areas where trees and shrubs have replaced grasses, according to a new study. Across the United States over the past decade, an average of over 61,000 wildfires have burned some 7.2 million acres per year. Once a wildfire starts spreading, the firefighting task is exacerbated by issues like...Read More

Forests fed us, housed us, and made our way of life possible. But they can’t save us if we can’t save them. By Jill Lepore The woods I know best, love best, are made of Northern hardwoods, sugar maple and white ash, timber-tall; black and yellow birch, tiger-skinned; seedlings and saplings of blighted beech and striped...Read More

Humans rely on the ocean for many things, including food, jobs, recreation and stabilization of Earth’s climate. But although ocean resources may seem infinite, human impacts like pollution, overfishing and climate change are creating what United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called an “ocean emergency.” Climate change is pushing ocean temperatures to record levels, many fisheries are overharvested,...Read More

Overview of small grants initiative Budget available: The overall grant budget is $60,000 to fund small grants in all three target countries. Applicants are encouraged to apply for small grants of between $2,000 and $7,500, however this could be up to a maximum of $10,000 if the case is well justified. We prioritize support to smaller...Read More

The University of Helsinki is an international scientific community of 40, 000 students, faculty and other staff. It is one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities and ranks among the top 100 universities in the world. The Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Programme is one of the three research programmes at the Faculty of Biological and...Read More

Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma. The goal of every living organism, including plants, is to create offspring for the next generation. One of the ways that plants can produce offspring is by making seeds. Seeds contain the genetic information to produce a...Read More

“There is a great deal of satisfaction in wresting weeds out of the earth. Backbreaking and endless as the chore may be, there is a tiny but unassailable sense of triumph in it, feeling the soil give suddenly, yielding the stubborn root, and the foe lying defeated in your hand.” — Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of...Read More

We are now inviting applications to all four Darwin Initiative schemes: Extra Main Innovation Capability & Capacity The timetable for Round 30 is: Extra – Single Stage, with interview Call for Extra applications: currently open – deadline Monday 18th September 2023 Shortlisted applications will be invited to interview (remote): Monday 15th – Friday 19th January 2024 Main – Two Stage process Stage 1 (Main):...Read More

Carbon credits are financial instruments that are used to offset carbon emissions. Form International is solely focused on nature-based carbon credits originating from tropical forest landscapes. They are generated by forest owners and managers who preserve, restore, and/or manage forests sustainably. The credits are sold to companies and investors in the global carbon market and...Read More

Forest fires are burning nearly twice as many trees as they did two decades ago, according to a new study from the University of Maryland. Rising temperatures caused by human activity are an important driver of worsening wildfire conditions on a global level vulnerable to fires. As the study shows: In addition to climate change, human activity...Read More