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EverGreen Agriculture works to mitigate and adapt to the effects that climate change bring to farmer societies. Lynne Featherstone gave an inspiring closing adress to this meeting on the implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability for agriculture, jobs and food security.Read more... Continue Reading

For years, it has been a bit of conventional wisdom among researchers and development experts: The loss of ecosystem services, especially those provided by forests, will have a profound impact on the poor, as deforestation and forest degradation decrease human well-being.Click here to read more. Continue Reading

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By Godfrey Chisusu for Transformations Bi-weekly Vol 6 Issue 7The "Building a Large EverGreen Agriculture Network in Southern Africa" (BLEANSA) project was officially launched in Salima, Malawi on 5 April 2013 in a ceremony graced by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Hon. Jermoth Ulemu Chilapondwa, MP. Continue Reading

There is widespread agreement that sustainable forest management on a global scale is not achievable without halting land degradation. But this view is not shared by the rationale and focus of the tools and mechanisms designed during the past decade to promote and incentivize sustainable forest management. Continue Reading

At the 2011 Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Wageningen, participants took stock of global science and best practices concerning climate smart agriculture worldwide.  Participants agreed on a broad agenda for action for science and policy to strengthen food security, adaptation and mitigation (Wageningen Declaration). Continue Reading