Agroforestry World
Elizabeth Kahurani
Elizabeth Kahurani is a Communications Specialist with the Landscapes Theme at ICRAF. She has ten years of communication experience and strong communications background. In addition to science writing, she leads research teams to develop and execute effective communications strategies and plans. She has worked on health, population, environment, climate change research and development programs at national, regional and international level. She holds a BA in Language and Literary Studies where she majored in Media Communication, and an MA in International Relations.
For a long time, a majority of African countries have not been proactively mitigating the negative impact of drought and flood events. As a result, relief initiatives are often too late to stem the loss of lives and...
In July, a community-led Kenyan conservation organization called Mikoko Pamoja, Mangroves Together, was among the 2017 Equator Prize winners. The program was singled out as an exceptional REDD+ project, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a global...
ICRAF recently marked the end of its Climate-smart, Tree-based Co-investment in Adaptation and Mitigation in Asia (Smart Tree-Invest) project with a closing event in Jakarta.
To meet its commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, Indonesia, which is the world’s third-biggest emitter, has been working hard to learn how to plan and implement reductions, with support from the World Agroforestry Centre. At a national workshop...
Representatives from Indonesia, Philippines and Viet Nam met to share innovations developed during the Climate-Smart, Tree-based, Co-investment in Adaptation and Mitigation in Asia project ‘Climate change is one of the biggest challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development...
With the realization that climate change is real, consumers are demanding products that come from responsible manufacturing processes.