Agroforestry World
Sacha Amaruzaman
Sacha Amaruzaman is an ecosystem services specialist with the World Agroforestry Centre Southeast Asia. He co-manages the Climate-Smart, Tree-Based, Adaptation and Mitigation in Asia (Smart Tree-Invest) project that is operating in Indonesia, Viet Nam and the Philippines. He also carries out research under the CGIAR Research Program on Forest, Trees and Agroforestry, mainly focusing on ecosystem services, socioeconomic and institutional aspects.
Focussing only on the commercial value of crops leaves farmers and funders poorer. The services provided by integrated agro-ecosystems offer greater benefits to all. ‘The first challenge is to make smallholders aware that they can contribute to...
Households in Oroquieta City in the southern Philippines are willing to pay to protect their coast, according to a new study Results of the research have been published in a paper, co-authored by Dr Rodel Lasco, coordinator...
The chair of Mae Win sub-district administrative office senate in Thailand is also an agroforester and eco-tourism operator who supports rewarding local people who protect their environment By Robert Finlayson ‘Having a variety of plants in...
By Robert Finlayson Schemes that reward poor farmers for protecting the environment can succeed if they meet several conditions, say scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre in Indonesia. Scientists, governments and civil society organizations have been working together...
By Robert Finlayson Zhuangfang Yi of the World Agroforestry Centre’s China and East Asia Node recently presented a report about her and her colleagues’ work in China to the final workshop of the Rewards for, Use of,...