ecosystems Archives

Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

Journal article / In this article, the authors assessed the impact of the 2015–2016 El Niño on South American tropical forests.

26 January 2024 / About Disaster Risk and Forests

WEAP 50K celebration webinar

Past event / Learn how SEI's innovative water modelling tool allows researchers and policymakers to advance sustainable and equitable water planning.

24 January 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Wellbeing

Drone panoramic aerial view of illegal amazon deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Forest trees and agriculture field land.

Changes in evapotranspiration, transpiration and evaporation across natural and managed landscapes in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal biomes

Journal article / In this study, the authors investigated how evaporation and transpiration vary within 3 Brazilian biomes for natural and managed land uses and land covers.

15 January 2024 / About Land use

A stream flows through a lush, mossy forest

AGU session on watershed modelling for water allocation

Past event / SEI will present on water modelling tools for better water allocation at an AGU conference session 13 December 2023.

13 December 2023 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

Pollution spews into the sky from a coal-fired power plant

Fossil fuel atlas: illustrating the threats of fossil fuel production – a rapid threat identification methodology and platform

Other publication / A GIS-based platform allows users to visualize current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure and its overlap with areas of ecological and cultural importance.

4 December 2023 / About Disaster Risk, Ecosystems, Fossil fuels, Land use, Pollution and Water resources

Wide shot of a rubber plantation: the trees are shown in rows, each has a collection bowl for latex attached to it as rubber tapping is in progress.

High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation

Journal article / New mapping techniques indicate that deforestation related to rubber production is at least two to three times higher than previous estimates have suggested.

19 October 2023 / About Ecosystems, Forests and Supply Chains

A battery of pumping trucks is lined up behind pools of water to be used for hydraulic fracturing in Vaca Muerta, Argentina.

SEI’s Laura Forni in The Guardian: Fracking in Argentina poses “significant threats to local livelihoods and the environment”

Media coverage / The Guardian details the negative consequences of fracking in the Vaca Muerta region of Argentina, where SEI scientists are studying the risks to locals.

18 October 2023 / About Disaster Risk, Fossil fuels, Public policy and Water resources

Revealing the true extent of tropical forest loss from rubber plantations

Press release / A groundbreaking study mapping rubber-related deforestation in Southeast Asia shows forest loss is far greater than previously understood.

18 October 2023 / About Ecosystems, Forests and Supply Chains

A just transition in animal agriculture is necessary for more effective and equitable One Health outcomes

Journal article / Experts call for a just transition away from meat production and consumption with a five-step approach for governments to follow.

12 October 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing