Restoration 
Plantations and tree crop commodities 
Enhanced nutrition and food security 
Biodiversity, safeguarding and conservation 
Nationally determined contributions 
Bioenergy and biomaterials 
Blue carbon and peatlands 
Climate change adaptation 
Landscape governance 
Gender 
Silvopastoral systems 
Market-based agroforestry-forestry 
Farm-forest policy interface 
Agroecology 
Livelihood trajectory modelling and assessment 
Inclusive finance and business models 
Innovating finance for sustainable landscapes 
Public and private commitments to zero deforestation 
Orphan tree crops 
Effectiveness of approaches to sustainable supply 
Quality of FTA research for development 
Sentinel landscapes 
Foresight 
Seeds and seedlings delivery systems 
Smallholder tree-crop commodities 
2016 was the year with the most original stories on the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) since its inception. We published interviews with scientists, blogs by scientists and features on certain projects ranging from topics such as partnerships to data portals and agroforestry in India. As the year comes to an end, we have put together a small collection of the stories that were most read. Click on the pictures to read the story.
As the pure statistical approach usually benefits the “older” stories, we have also compiled a selection of blogs that illustrate each Flagship and the cross-cutting themes in a second blog.
Most viewed articles 2016
Webinar: Género, agroforestería y cambio climático en América Latina
Sarah-Lan Mathez (World Agroforestry Centre) and Tatiana Gumucio (CIAT) organized this webinar on the nexus of agroforestry, gender and climate change in Latin America.
CGIAR FTA is looking for new partners
At the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, FTA scientists called for more partners to join the biggest research program on forests, trees and agroforestry to maximize the spread of its knowledge to governments, businesses and farmers.
Sustainable land management needs practical push
In this blog, we reflected on what’s needed to really implement landscape approaches and on cases that brought stakeholders in land use together to make progress in collaboration.
ICRAF’s Landscape Portal: Data geeks build global public good
This blog describes the Landscapes Portal, the official spatial data platform for Sentinel Landscapes project of FTA. All datasets generated in the ten Sentinel Landscapes that are currently in the database will over time go up on the Portal, which already holds about 150 unique datasets from these landscapes.
A virtuous cycle of virtually no waste: Climate-smart agriculture featured at Food Security Forum
At an Asian Development Bank Forum in June 2016 in the Philippines, researchers, policymakers and farmers discussed what should be done to expand Climate-smart agricultural practices like agroforestry and thus bring greater benefits to more people.
To save forests, keep an eye on agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture is also a key aspect of this blog that argues that one should not separately look at emissions from forests and agriculture but consider the interactions.
Trees on farms: the missing link in carbon accounting
While tropical forests continue to decline, a remarkable change is happening: tree cover on agricultural land has increased across the globe, capturing nearly 0.75 Gigatonnes carbon dioxide every year.
Tree cover is good for ground-water too
FTA scientists working in Burkina Faso found that when a certain number of trees are present, the amount of groundwater recharge is actually maximized.
Payment for Ecosystem Services and REDD+ in Vietnam – A two-pronged approach to forest conservation
Vietnamese officials are considering how the the existing Payment for Ecosystem Services system can be combined with Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+).
What 2016 will bring for forests, trees and agroforestry
At the beginning of the year, we asked our Flagship coordinators to give us an update on their research activities this year.
