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Susan Onyango
Susan Onyango is the communications specialist for climate change for the World Agroforestry Centre and is based at the headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. With over 12 year’s experience in communication, she promotes the World Agroforestry Centre’s work on climate change, writes blogs and provides communication advice and support to scientists. Susan holds a MA communication studies and a BA in English. Twitter: @susanonyango
A key outcome of the UNFCCC Scientific Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA) talks in June 2013 was consensus on the draft text on REDD+ that addressed longstanding issues on safeguards, non-carbon benefits and implementation approaches. As...
Over the last 10 or so years, Indonesia has borne the brunt of climate-related disasters ranging from tornadoes, floods and landslides. Indeed, the country faces a challenge around climate change against the ambitions to drive economic growth. In...
Winnie Saigodi, a mother of five, from Moleti village in Kongwa District, Tanzania, had long given up on ever harvesting any meaningful produce from her one acre farm. ‘I completely lost hope because for five years, I hardly harvested...
The technical guide is an essential tool for extension efforts promoting rural development and the protection of the environment or land, who are interested in promoting agroforestry in North Kivu province. The technical manual (in French the Guide technique d’agroforesterie pour la selection et la gestion des arbres au Nord-Kivu) helps people to select and manage trees in the area around the Park.
In their ground-breaking article about the importance of inserting research into agroforestry development, Ric Coe, Fergus Sinclair and Edmund Barrios of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) emphasize how important this small but extremely significant change in wording —...
In Sukabumi in Indonesia an environmental organization has partnered with a private company, communities and a national park to restore the park’s barren areas. By Enggar Paramita When the Indonesian state forestry enterprise Perum Perhutani delineated...