Twenty-five years of transformations for impact in Southeast Asia
The Southeast Asia region of the World Agroforestry Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary with a knowledge-sharing seminar in Bogor, Indonesia
Rob Finlayson
Robert Finlayson is the Southeast Asia program's regional communications specialist. As well as writing stories for the Centre's website, he devises and supervises strategies for projects and the countries in the Southeast Asia region, including scripting and producing videos, supervising editors and translators and also assisting with resource mobilization.
Beyond eucalyptus woodlots: what’s on the agroforestry menu for communities around Virunga?
The technical guide is an essential tool for extension efforts promoting rural development and the protection of the environment or land, who are interested in promoting agroforestry in North Kivu province. The technical manual (in French the Guide technique d’agroforesterie pour la selection et la gestion des arbres au Nord-Kivu) helps people to select and manage trees in the area around the Park.
Overlooked no more, precious fruit tree comes into its own in West Africa’s Sahel
While certainly no stranger to smallholders and fruit lovers in many parts of Africa and Asia, this unassuming fruit tree that is so often overlooked by international research is starting to come into its own, proving itself as...
Son tra, the H’mong Apple
By Lua Hoang Thi and Ake E Mamo Son tra, aka the H’mong apple, taorung, maccam, or macsamcha depending on whether you are in Vietnam, India, Myanmar, or some southern provinces of China, is an indigenous fruit...
Vice-president of Chiang Mai University calls for integrated research in the Greater Mekong Sub-region
There are manifold problems facing the hundreds of millions of people who rely on the Mekong River and its watersheds. Dealing with the problems starts with coordinated research Associate Professor Doctor Sermkiat Jomjunyong, the vice-president for research...
ASEAN needs an agroforestry policy
There is a critical need for an integrated agroforestry strategy for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that encourages member states to promulgate agroforestry policies that achieve food security, alleviate poverty, create climate-resilient agricultural systems and sustainable, social...
Agroforestry set to grow even more in Viet Nam
The World Agroforestry Centre and the Viet Nam Academy of Forest Sciences have signed a formal agreement to work more closely together on agroforestry research, says Robert Finlayson On 16 December 2013 in the offices of the...
Indonesia celebrates the 20th anniversary of the World Agroforestry Centre Southeast Asia program
To commemorate the Southeast Asia program’s 20th anniversary, the headquarters in Indonesia shared stories and experience between staff and partners and launched three important books, says Robert Finlayson This year, 2013, the World Agroforestry Centre’s Southeast Asia...
One small change of words – a giant leap in effectiveness!
One small change of words is a giant leap in the effectiveness of agricultural research and development. The race is on to find sustainable ways of producing enough food to feed the world over the next three to...
Where will trees grow in a new climate?
Researchers at the World Agroforestry Centre Philippines have created a model that suggests where threatened trees are likely to grow under a future climate, say Kristine Garcia, Rodel Lasco, Amor Ines, Bradfield Lyon and Florencia Pulhin ...
Community mapping for responsible palm oil
According to the Roundtable on Responsible Palm Oil’s principle on the development of new plantations, customary and user rights need to be demonstrated as part of the free prior and informed consent process. This can be done through...