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Susan Onyango
Susan Onyango is the Global Communications Coordinator at the World Agroforestry Centre and is based at the headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. With over 15 year’s experience in communication, she ensures efficient and effective coordination of communication support to units and regions at ICRAF. She joined ICRAF in 2014 as communications specialist for the Climate Change Unit. Susan holds a MA communication studies and a BA in English. Twitter: @susanonyango
Africa’s population is expected to double from 1.26 billion today to over two and half billion by 2050, little more than 30 years from now. At the same time, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and the effects of...
Land degradation is costing the world $10.6tn every year, equivalent to 17 per cent of global gross domestic product, says a new report by the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative. This figure takes into account costs associated...
A reduction in net global deforestation in the past 25 years has reduced carbon emissions from forests by more than 25 per cent between 2001 and 2015, but much remains to be done, writes José Graziano da Silva,...
Ever since 1970, we have been overusing the capacity of the planet: we have exhausted the annual provisioning capacity of our Earth. We need a new way of looking at things to ensure a habitable planet into the future.
A new law in Indonesia gives funds for development but villages don’t have the capacity to carry it through. A workshop identified rewards-for-environmental-services’ schemes as potential capacity builders The Government of Indonesia’s recently promulgated Law no. 6/2014...
Indonesia’s agricultural policies aim to reduce the environmental footprint but actions are incomplete, creating a gap between aspirations and reality Indonesia has embraced sustainable agriculture through a variety of national strategies, such as National Agenda 21, national...
Thanks to a pilot established by the World Agroforestry Centre, Indonesia’s state electricity company is now expanding ecosystem services’ schemes throughout the island of Sumatra The State Electricity Company of Indonesia (Perusahaan Listrik Negara/PLN) has mandated the...
Without uniform standards for measurement and evaluation (metrics), and agreement on what to measure (indicators), it is hard to judge how things are progressing, particularly at the landscape scale. Metrics and indicators become particularly important when assessing long-term...
South Korea, South Africa and Ethiopia are among the many countries around the world that have successfully used or are now applying the power of trees to restore degraded landscapes and bring back life-giving ecosystem services and...
An estimated 500 million smallholder farmers in the developing world produce the majority of food for the earth’s public citizens. Yet these farmers are not in the public sector; rather, they are part of the private sector—like private...
Native trees that dot African dryland areas bring a welcome respite from the tropical sun. In addition, and contrary to old assumptions, they “… may function as water harvesters, contributing to deeper drainage and recharge.” They might thereby...
Taking the time to understand how farmers’ perceive ecosystem functions and their importance may pay off in the long term for payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes, according to a new study by scientists from the World Agroforestry...
Humans love them, herbivorous animals thrive on them, the earth benefits from their presence, but not enough are being grown. From the vegetarian platters of Ethiopia, to Githeri in Kenya, Saka Madesu in the DR Congo and neighbouring...
Agriculture in Viet Nam has experienced strong growth and now accounts for 22% of GDP. But the sector also faces challenges, such as climate change, a high input model of farming, and land degradation. Agroforestry is part of...