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August 22, 2012
Building on Strength: Trees for Food Security project launched in Rwanda

A new agroforestry project in Rwanda will apply trees on farms to...

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August 22, 2012
Trees for Food Security project launched in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has welcomed a new initiative that will...

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August 15, 2012
AgFor’s farmers’ agroforestry school: a concrete way to improve farmers...

It’s a Saturday in the village of Borongrappoa in Bulukumba district,...

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August 15, 2012
Evergreen in action: Food security and environmental health for Africa’...

Across Africa millions of farmers are embracing a system of agriculture...

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August 9, 2012
Consultation Workshop on initial findings on Payment for Forest...

On 27th July 2012, in Hanoi, VNFOREST in the collaboration with other...

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August 3, 2012
Trees for Food Security: New project launch

Sustainable farm productivity and enhanced livelihoods through...

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July 31, 2012
Financing sustainable land use at scale: The smart Inari approach

By Lou Munden In May of 2011, my staff and I began to examine a really...

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Example of treecrop intergration system in Kenya By Lou Munden In May of 2011, my staff and I began to examine a really interesting finance challenge – smallholder agriculture projects in Africa. Our question was simple: how could we connect those projects with reliable sources...

July 30, 2012
New frontiers in forest health

In February 1938 a severe caterpillar outbreak stripped 800 ha of...

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July 24, 2012
Leakey book says ‘trees of life’ could nourish the planet, build wealth

A new book by prominent tree biologist and past director of research at...

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Leakey book says ‘trees of life’ could nourish the planet, build wealth A new book by prominent tree biologist and past director of research at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Roger Leakey boldly states that agroforestry might be the ticket out of some of the most vexing issues facing the...

July 20, 2012
On the forest’s margins: bringing the benefits of trees from the wild...

Plant improvement has closely followed human development. Wheat, rice...

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July 18, 2012
Local knowledge training for global tree cover

Last month, a group of researchers from Ethiopia and Vietnam, and UK...

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July 18, 2012
Intercropping improves Ugandan banana and coffee yields

Written by Brendan Jackson and Chris Mesiku “In Uganda, coffee and...

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July 16, 2012
From F’s to A’s: People power could steer Rio+20 success

The Rio+20 conference received a record one billion tweets from around...

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July 16, 2012
Trees and the city: How urbanization is driving agroforestry

The growth of cities around the world has increased the market demand...

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July 16, 2012
Taking the heat out of farming

‘Taking the Heat out of Farming’ is the tenth book in the...

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July 15, 2012
AgFor’s training on gender issues

“What is gender?”“And how does it differ from sex?” These initial...

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July 13, 2012
Does PES actually protect the environment?

Written by Brendan Jackson and Chris MesikuPayments for Environmental...

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July 11, 2012
A new ‘DNA’ for global sustainability and its implications for research

Written by  Walter van Opzeeland It was at the start of the new...

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A new ‘DNA’ for global sustainability and its implications for research Written by  Walter van Opzeeland It was at the start of the new millennium with increasing global environmental challenges, such as climate change, that scientists realized that human behaviour has a major influence on the earth and that...

July 11, 2012
Painting a picture of the future agroforestry research landscape

The term landscape originates from the Dutch word ‘Landschap’. It was...

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July 11, 2012
Loving the forest: who goes in and who stays out?

 Forests are recognised as the lungs and carbon sinks of the...

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July 10, 2012
How much would REDD+ boost Philippines forest budget?

Elizabeth Kahurani | 10 October 2012 REDD+ could provide a huge...

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July 10, 2012
Can trees stop climate change in Africa?

As an illustration of the multitude of ecosystem services trees can...

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July 10, 2012
Disputes over degrees of tribal influence on the Amazon

Experts have disputed a study arguing that pre- Columbian people had...

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July 10, 2012
World Wide Views on Biodiversity in the Philippines

05 September 2012 On September 15 2012, thousands of citizens from...

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July 10, 2012
Training for Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Conservation...

Kristine Garcia and Regine Joy P. Evangelista | 9 July 2012 ICRAF...

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July 10, 2012
Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Planning and Conservation...

Regine Joy P. Evangelista | 9 July 2012 Collaborators of the USAID...

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July 10, 2012
ICRAF conducts seminar on Payments for Environmental Services

Kharmina Paola Anit, Margaret M. Calderon, and Leo Kris Palao | 25 June...

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July 10, 2012
Watershed Management Training Conducted

Leo Kris M. Palao and Alfie M. Torres | 22 June 2012 The World...

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July 10, 2012
ICRAF conducts series of focus group discussions in Mindanao

Kristine Garcia | 15 June 2012          ...

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July 10, 2012
ICRAF-Philippines joins in the celebration of 21st Annual Philippine...

Kristine Garcia | 07 June 2012 The World Conservation Society of the...

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