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Our scientists and knowledge management specialists research and solve agricultural and environmental problems. Every year we are working in over 60 countries to help ensure everyone has enough to eat, that farmers have good quality produce to sell, and that the world's biodiversity is protected for the future.            

Find out what we are doing in your region using the map above or links on the left. Meet the committed people who work for CABI or find out more about your local CABI centre. Or discover how our work addresses the big issues.

 
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 Japanese Knotweed 
Japanese knotweed 
Managing invasive species in Europe

Over the past 100 years increasing world trade and the relaxation of European trade barriers has led to more and more alien species arriving on European shores. 

Find out what CABI's doing to tackle the problem in Europe >>

 Invasive non-native lionfish 
Biofuels

CABI's Peter Baker on recent developments in the world of biofuels: Indirect land use change

Indirect land use change (iLUC) has become a major biofuels topic, ever since Searchinger et al. (2008) pointed out that calculations of potential greenhouse gas (GHG) savings through adoption of biofuels had not taken into account the effects caused by the crops displaced by biofuels. More >>

Atlas of biodiversity

The Atlas of Biodiversity risk is now published


The Atlas combines the key results of the major European research project ALARM along with some core outputs of numerous other research networks. The ALARM project involved 68 partner organisations in 35 countries including CABI.

For more information please see: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=19708 (German) or http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=19708 (English)

 

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CABI gains funding for two new projects through the Research Into Use Best Bets programme

 
The first aims to increase production of NERICA rice seed through local companies, and implement a marketing strategy to stabilize demand. View a video and more information >>
 
The second will extend our work on armyworms and establish a system for the production, supply and marketing of armyworm forecasting equipment. View a video and find out more >>