Agroforestry World
Farmers and pastoralists have contributed countless hours of labour across Ethiopia’s vast and varied landscapes through an under-recognized program By Emily Sigman* Farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia have provided huge amounts of time and labour,...
Sumba in eastern Indonesia has been almost totally deforested, has only patches of thin soil on limestone savannahs and a wet season that has contracted to three months a year. Farmers have been struggling to survive yet nonetheless...
A theory of change is guiding the development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the second phase of one of the world’s largest reforestation programs. The Philippine Enhanced National Greening Program (eNGP), one of the world’s largest...
Despite challenges from both the land and society, women in Kenya are taking control of their farms, with impressive results. Following a previous article on the topic, we delve deeper into a farming technique that is alleviating food...
Land degradation impacts the health and livelihoods of about 1.5 billion people worldwide. Further, the annual costs associated with land degradation worldwide is estimated to be US$ 231 billion as measured in terms of loss productivity and the...
There’s one more reason to be jolly this season: the frankincense tree—source of one of the precious gifts of the Magi in the Christmas story—is being called “a suitable tree species for use in dryland restoration under a...
áudio (português) e legendas (inglês) versão português abaixo: http://bit.ly/2idsh7L Agroforestry can reconcile conflict between the need to protect the environment and the need to provide livelihoods and food production. In Brazil, this unique quality is being used to...
As climate negotiators wrangled in Paris towards the historic agreement this December, scientists and policy makers elsewhere in the city were equally fixated on landscapes and how to restore them. Landscape restoration locks up carbon in the soil...
True or false?: Extraction of wood energy is a threat to forested landscapes. Extraction of wood energy is an opportunity for forested landscapes. That was the opening statement at a discussion forum on sustainable wood energy at the...
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...
Mangrove forest conservation and restoration needs the participation of everyone involved, particularly local communities, for success. Favourable policies and legal frameworks are fundamentally important to support local involvement. By Nguyen Tien Hai From 16 to 20...
Sixty years ago, the land that now makes up Indonesia’s Gunung Walat University Forest was almost completely bare. Like so many other parts of Indonesia, which has recorded some of the world’s fastest rates of deforestation, a state-owned...
The world’s leaders have been set the challenge of restoring more than 350 million hectares by 2030. Researchers see agroforestry as the key to making it happen. ‘Around 20–25% of global land is degraded, affecting 1.5 billion...
Experience from Uganda shows that when villages and districts create regulations to manage forests and restoration, benefits flow. Through collective awareness of land-management challenges at the grassroots level, governments and others are effectively coerced to make policy...