This report from the WWF considers how agriculture and land use across the UK can be changed to help meet climate commitments while also protecting nature. The key components of its strategy are moving towards agroecological farming practices, tackling nitrogen pollution, restoring natural ecosystems in appropriate locations, and shifting diets. It calls for governments across the UK to support farming communities through financial support, regulation and strong trade standards.

This report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature examines the links between wildlife and emerging human pathogens as well as the origins, drivers and risk factors of zoonotic diseases. It finds that around 99% of the human incidence of zoonoses come from domesticated animals or habitats disrupted by people (for example through the food system), as opposed to from direct exposure to wildlife.

This report from the UK’s Nature Friendly Farming Network sets out information on how farming land is currently used in the UK, on greenhouse gas emissions from different farming types, and on how farms can use nature-based solutions to reduce emissions while improving farming resilience in the face of climate change.

This paper reviews the evidence around the performance of various strategies used within conservation agriculture with respect to crop production, soil and water conservation, and carbon sequestration. It finds that no-till farming leads to an average decrease of 1.9% in crop yield, while residue retention leads to an average increase of 8.2% in crop yield. 

This blog post by Caroline Ashley of Forum for the Future argues that we need to reframe our ideas about what farming is: away from the idea of farmers as producers of a specific crop, and towards a concept for farming as land stewardship with farms receiving multiple income streams including payments for ecosystem services.

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has released the first draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework. The framework is built around a vision of “living in harmony with nature” by 2050, and sets out 21 targets for protecting biodiversity to be achieved by 2030. It stresses that civil society, indigenous and local communities, women, youth and business and finance communities must all be involved in implementing the framework.

This report details a workshop held jointly by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - the first collaboration between the two institutions. The workshop aimed to clarify the complex interactions between climate change and biodiversity. The report emphasises that these two issues must be addressed together.

This open access book explores the ethics of the changing relationships between humans and animals in the Anthropocene. It takes animal agency as its starting point and includes discussion of farmed animals, rewilding and cultured meat.