Land Use

Limiting land conversion is a notoriously difficult challenge that requires alignment between companies, governments, farmers and other stakeholders. Read More

Changes in land use in America could have a big impact on emissions reduction, biodiversity and quality of life, not just in the U.S. but around the world. Here’s what companies should know. Read More

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) asked food, agriculture and land-use companies to commit to ending deforestation by 2025. Read More

Building highly efficient utility-scale solar farms on ever-smaller tracts of land is a top priority amid land-use conflicts over renewables. Read More

Land trusts have started adressing the unfair advantages they bring to cities, and some are working to foster equity. Read More

While Leopold did not explicitly recognize how the impacts of land exploitation fell disproportionately on the poor and on Black and Indigenous people and people of color, he came to believe that Western ethical frameworks had to expand to embrace land. Read More

Sponsored: Most sustainability professionals aren’t clear about what biodiversity loss means for business and how to tackle it. Here’s what you need to know. Read More

How rural America can capitalize on the economic development benefits of the ongoing clean energy transition. Read More

We need to halve emissions by 2030, and we need to reverse nature loss. Neither is possible without the other. Read More

From voluntary surcharges, to bridge loans, to forest carbon credits, land trusts have a range of tools at their disposal that go beyond traditional easement and acquisition models Read More