Agroforestry World
Rob Finlayson
Robert Finlayson is the Southeast Asia program's regional communications specialist. As well as writing stories for the Centre's website, he devises and supervises strategies for projects and the countries in the Southeast Asia region, including scripting and producing videos, supervising editors and translators and also assisting with resource mobilization.
Despite extensive forest restoration since the wars, quality remains low and indigenous species are underutilised. A comprehensive national strategy would speed increases in timber supply, farmers’ livelihoods, biodiversity and environmental security. Over the last 25 years, planted...
The guiding principle of Indonesian scientist Rachmat Mulia is to never stop learning and to try to help others. This has driven him along a professional path to become a researcher with the World Agroforestry Centre working in...
Despite clear evidence of agroforestry’s potential to address environmental degradation, food insecurity and poverty, there is no national agroforestry policy in Viet Nam. One is sorely needed, say researchers Numerous agroforestry systems have been tested in Viet...
Despite challenges, farmers in the northwest of Viet Nam are persisting with agroforestry trials to claim the long-term benefits Spending time taking care of their young agroforestry systems is one of the challenges faced by farmers in...
The best scientists in the three most populous countries of the world—China, India and the USA—don’t necessarily work on agroforestry but in the fourth-most populous country—Indonesia—ICRAF is proud to have a direct relationship with the second highest-ranking scientist,...
Researchers in Viet Nam have identified a gap between statutory rights from legally allocated forests and informal customary rights for community forest management According to a research team from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry and the...