Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Warming temperatures at night combined with habitat ...

Growing demand for food coupled with climate commitments to reduce emissions will result in more land development for agriculture and renewable energy. Simultaneously, conserving land for biodiversity ...

Urbanization reshapes agricultural systems through labor and land-use changes, interacting with modernization processes including farm size expansion, mechanization, and irrigation to drive nonlinear ...

Over the past 50 years, Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s agricultural giants. Becoming a leading global exporter of soybeans, beef, coffee and sugar has significantly boosted its economy and ...

The 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act,' introduced as a substitute amendment to H.R. 1 in the 119th Congress, 1st Session, outlines transformative changes in agriculture and natural resource policies. This ...

Climate change is colliding with land use practices, deforestation and biodiversity loss to drive a rapidly growing threat of crop pests. Future warming of 2° Celsius (3.6° Fahrenheit) above ...

New research spotlights the challenge of growing food on a warming planet. Two recent studies — one historical and the other forward-looking — examine how rising temperatures have made and could ...

If the UK is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, more than one-third of its sheep and cows will have to go, with their fields being replaced by huge new areas of woodland. That's one conclusion of ...

The change may further complicate a legal battle over whether the parish discriminated against Black communities in its land ...

Vietnam is preparing a fundamental review of its land policy framework, with proposals expected to be submitted to the Party ...

Australia’s recent land use change has steadily reduced and degraded native vegetation, shrinking the amount of intact habitat available to wildlife and weakening ecosystem resilience. Clearing has ...

If the UK is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, over one-third of its sheep and cows will have to go, with their fields being replaced by huge new areas of woodland. That’s one conclusion of the ...