Changing lives and landscapes
Co-author: Judith Olang-Intern at Research Methods Group. As a leading research institution, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) produces hundreds of publications annually. Each publication synthesizes data from a number of sources mostly from other publications from the Centre. Till now, many researchers have had to manually hunt for important data or use a number of [...]
Written by Paul Stapleton Paradoxically, a group of scientists packed into a meeting room at the Planet under Pressure conference to discuss how to communicate climate change and improve the public’s consideration of the issue.
A special video tribute to the indomitable Wangari Maathai, environmentalist, peacemaker and human rights campaigner, was screened at Forest Day 5 during the UN climate change meeting in Durban.
Two very different places – oceans apart – shared their climate-smart stories in a fascinating FAO/WFP/IFAD side event at the United Nations climate change meeting, COP17, on 2 December.
Poor farmers will not adopt climate-smart agricultural techniques if they do not offer the farmers clear and immediate benefits. During a side event at the UN Climate Change meeting in Durban on 1 December 2012, World Agroforestry’s Henry Neufeldt highlighted the need to transform agriculture because extensification and intensification have had significant negative effects on [...]
At the UN Climate Change talks in Durban, South Africa there is much talk about climate-smart agriculture. While agriculture accounts for an estimated 10-12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, there is enormous potential for improved agricultural practices to reduce these, and in some cases – such as through agroforestry –actually mitigate climate change. However, unless [...]
Leading experts and representatives of major agricultural organizations worldwide – including Tony Simons, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre -were asked to identify the most important questions facing the future of global agriculture.
Multi-benefit farming systems – such as agroforestry – should be encouraged to enable more productive and resilient livelihoods and ecosystems. This is one of several recommendations in the Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change summary report for policy makers released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. The report contains [...]
The CGIAR’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security program has published a valuable summary of current knowledge on options to support farmers, particularly smallholder farmers, in achieving food security through agriculture under climate change. Published in the latest issue of the journal, Environmental Science and Policy, the paper says broad-based action – integrated research, policy [...]
What is a forest? It seems the answer to this question varies depending upon who you ask. An article by WWF in the English-language Malaysian tabloid, The Star, says a recent study found more than 800 different definitions of a forest. While it might make sense for different countries to have different forest definitions, it [...]
