Pay more attention to forests to avert global water crisis, researchers urge
According to a new report, the growing human population and climate change are exacerbating a looming global water crisis that has already hit home in places like Australia’s Murray Darling basin —...
View ArticleCooling forest rainbow water vital contributor to farmer livelihoods
This blog was first published on the website of Landscape News Forests are widely recognized as critical to essential ecosystem services like clean water and air, but some of their greatest benefits...
View ArticlePlanting trees on a stony hill: a story with pictures
Researchers in Indonesia have produced an illustrated book to help farmers better understand research results The illustrated story book, Menanam pohon di bukit batu (Planting trees on a stony...
View ArticleRefining honey production through investing in bee houses
Farmers in Uganda are learning new ways of managing their bees, avoiding conflict and making more money thanks to the help of an ‘innovation platform’ “When we decided to build a bee house, fellow...
View ArticleFor the love of restoration
The challenge of balancing quantity and quality in forest landscape restoration By Aida Bargués Tobella ‘Forest Landscape Restoration’ is on everyone’s lips. Governments all over the world have...
View ArticleA Green Climate Fund program that all Philippine sectors can call their own
Non-governmental organizations reviewed the proposed Philippine program of the Green Climate Fund and shared their climate priorities. In the past few months, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)...
View ArticleHow will the Philippines measure the success of its flagship reforestation...
The participation of public and private entities is a crucial element in developing a monitoring and evaluation framework that includes the issues of all relevant sectors at national and...
View ArticleTrees on farms in Honduras: a chance for biodiversity
Among the cattle ranches, mountainous natural forests and smallholdings of Catacamas, Honduras, researcher Yves Zinngrebe encounters farmers with both large and small holdings who are interested in...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2019: Think equal, build smart, innovate for change...
On March 8 the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In the Philippines, Cathy Watson interviewed one of ICRAF’s female scientists, Caroline Piñon also called Yuyen. Yuyen: I joined ICRAF after...
View ArticleFixing forests: how Decision Analysis is working on the ground in East Africa
Originally published by the CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems Among East Africa’s biodiversity hotspots is the Desa’a forest, which borders Tigray and Afar in Northern Ethiopia....
View ArticleWhat Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests
About 40% of Cameroon’s territory is covered in forest. Philippe JONG/Shutterstock Serge Mandiefe Piabuo, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); Divine Foundjem Tita, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF),...
View ArticleMobilizing youth for forestry development
Youth leaders from the Asia and the Pacific discussed the crucial role of young people in steering the forestry sector to a sustainable future. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
View ArticleUnderstanding success in research-for-development projects
A new study argues that there are five key success factors that need to be considered during the design of collaborative research-for-development projects and a further 10 key success factors that...
View ArticleTrees in the mist: domesticating local forest trees to restore the Comoros...
Originally published by the Darwin Institute Forming a part of the Madagascar and Indian Ocean biodiversity hotspot is the island of Anjouan. Anjouan has experienced one of the most alarming...
View Article‘Income that surpasses the waiting’: in dire need of trees, Malawi tries...
Success in rejuvenating land through forest-based enterprises has had dramatic outcomes for farmers. In the late afternoon in the highlands of Malawi, the air is chilly as the sun descends. But the...
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