Sacha Amaruzaman, Author at Agroforestry World

Sacha Amaruzaman

Sacha Amaruzaman is an ecosystem services specialist with the World Agroforestry Centre Southeast Asia. He co-manages the Climate-Smart, Tree-Based, Adaptation and Mitigation in Asia (Smart Tree-Invest) project that is operating in Indonesia, Viet Nam and the Philippines. He also carries out research under the CGIAR Research Program on Forest, Trees and Agroforestry, mainly focusing on ecosystem services, socioeconomic and institutional aspects.

Climate Change / Climate Change Blogs / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Indonesia / Natural Resource Management / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG13-Climate change

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 17 Feb, 2017

Indonesian district government funds replication of ICRAF approaches

The Government of Buol District, Indonesia, has committed to replicate three activities of the Smart Tree-Invest project run by ICRAF with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The activities include farmers’ learning groups that run under...

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Catchment Areas / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Food Security / Indonesia / Nutrition / Science Domains / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG03-Health and population dynamics / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 5 Jul, 2016

Profits, plates and plots: the link between farmers’ diets and their farms

Researchers have found that smallholders participating in a payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme in Cidanau Watershed, Indonesia had more diverse diets than farmers who weren’t participating. Food security, however, is still an issue for the watershed so...

Agriculture/Agroforestry / Capacity Building / Climate Change / Climate Change Blogs / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Governance / Indonesia / Knowledge Sharing / Natural Resource Management / Planning / SD1-Systems Science / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SD4-Land health decisions / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 14 May, 2016

Another local government decides to support agroforestry

The government of Buol District in Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia has committed to working closely with the World Agroforestry Centre to support the district’s agricultural development program. Amiruddin Rauf, the head of Buol District, recently declared his...

Capacity Building / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Indonesia / Knowledge Sharing / Natural Resource Management / Science Domains / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG05-Gender equality and women’s empowerment / SDG06-Water and sanitation / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 12 May, 2016

Structuring perceptions and simulating the reality of land-use changes in training in landscape governance

Landscapes are many-splendoured things. A training course has set out to help people involved in their management better understand the complexities. By Sacha Amaruzaman and Meine van Noordwijk Forested landscapes are crucial in providing various ecosystem...

Adaptation / Agrosylvopastoral Systems / Capacity Building / Climate Change Blogs / CRP6.1-Livelihood systems / CRP6.2-Management and conservation of forest and tree resources / CRP6.3-Landscape management for environmental services, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods / CRP6.4-Climate change adaptation and mitigation / Extension Activities / Food Trees / Gender / Indonesia / Knowledge Sharing / Livelihoods / Participation / resilience / SD1-Systems Science / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development / Small Farmers / Women

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 18 Feb, 2016

Growing hope with trees: farmers’ learning groups in Buol, Indonesia

Farmers in the district of Buol in Central Sulawesi Province have formed learning groups to better understand tree management to improve their livelihoods in the face of climate change. By Dienda Citasyari Putri Hendrawan ‘We don’t...

Adaptation / Bhutan / Capacity Building / CRP6.3-Landscape management for environmental services, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods / Emissions / Greenhouse Gases (Ghg) / Indonesia / Mitigation / Natural Resource Management / Partnerships / Policies / resilience

by Sacha Amaruzaman · 17 Dec, 2015

Bhutan learns how to improve payments for ecosystem services

Staff of the Bhutan Government have been trained by the World Agroforestry Centre in methods for improving their ecosystem services’ schemes. Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are incentive-based schemes that bridge conservation initiatives and community livelihoods. The...