Agroforestry World
A wide range of medicinal plants are used to treat diseases and health conditions in animals. A new manual documents these ethnoveterinary practices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and describes 53 of the plants used. It looks...
Innovative finance is needed to protect the ecosystem services that Indonesia provides to its people and the planet. Innovative landscape management must match that finance, explained Director-General Tony Simons at a forum in Jakarta ‘In the past...
In February, as northern Viet Nam was hit by the coldest weather in 40 years, villagers popped by Mr Trong’s house to ask about the temperature and the diligent village leader, Mr Tham, used the locally updated...
By Eike Luedeling and Keith Shepherd As part of WLE’s partnership with The Economist Events’ Sustainability Summit this March in London, Thrive is publishing a series of posts that discuss the role science plays in catalyzing shifts toward sustainability...
Tree foods in Africa “can mean the difference between life and death,” says an article on the website of the UK Food Commission. Trees can sustain families during the dry season and in times of food shortage. Trees...
Little empirical evidence has been put forth to systematically evaluate the outcomes of climate-smart agriculture practices. A team of experts evaluated the scientific substantiation on the impacts of climate-smart agriculture. It is expected that this systematic review...
The need to strengthen women’s rights over natural resources is the topic of an address by Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on Africa Environment Day / Wangari Maathai Day. “Biodiversity...
CGIAR’s message to parties and observers with new knowledge on agriculture Scientists have come together under the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS) to provide knowledge on agriculture to parties and observers preparing submissions...
Community-based forestry may be showing great promise in driving sustainable development but it is still not reaching its full potential, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Released during...
Understanding the roles trees play in landscapes is a critical task undertaken by a global research partnership. At Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, scientists called for more partners to join them so that knowledge can be shared more effectively....
Policy makers, governments and international organizations increasingly recognize the urgent need for the forestry sector to improve its communication capacity and activity across countries and regions. More than 35 communication workers, resource mobilizers, natural-resources managers and foresters...
To help farmers, governments and companies adapt to a changing climate, researchers have been studying different ways of ensuring any given landscape can be ‘climate proofed’. At Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, SNV and the World Agroforestry Centre shared some...
The new global agenda has one goal: a sustainable Earth. The contribution of agroforestry in achieving this was discussed in detail at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, led by Dr Meine van Noordwijk (see part 1) as part of the...
The new global agenda has one goal: a sustainable Earth. The contribution of agroforestry in achieving this was discussed in detail at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, led by Dr Meine van Noordwijk, presented here in part 1. See part...