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Urbanization Poses Risks to Integrated Landscapes in Kenya
Kenya is one of the leading countries in Africa to embrace the Integrated Landscape Approach, though experts attending the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa Conference say that urbanization and the quest for development is a real threat to this progress. Read more… Continue Reading
Land Degradation: A Pathway to Nourishing the Future Is Found in Africa
In the Sahel region, millions of hectares have been regenerated by smallholder farmers practicing agroforestry, soil and water conservation, soil fertility management, and sustainable forest management. Similar results have been achieved in the Horn of Africa and the Southern Africa region, where the legume tree known as Fadherbia albida is being used for soil fertility […] Continue Reading
Burkina Faso takes action to limit forest loss
TIOGO, Burkina Faso (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – While visiting a portion of the Tiogo forest in the center west of Burkina Faso recently, Louis Ouédraogo couldn’t hide his wrath. Someone had entered the forest and cut down the two hectares worth of trees to plant millet as the rainy season approached. Read more… Continue Reading
EU should support local solutions to Sub-Saharan droughts
As the EU continues work and investment in the conflict-stricken Mali, supporting locally-evolved and adapted solutions can help solve one of the sources of violence, food insecurity, writes Roland Bunch. Read more… Continue Reading
World Vision Celebrates Transformation in Ethiopia 30 Years after Famine
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun. 10, 2014 – BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — Inspired by the 30th anniversary of the devastating Ethiopian famine, the World Vision garden celebrates the transformation there – especially in the famine-hit Antsokia Valley, once a barren dust-bowl, and now a thriving oasis that exports food. Read more… Continue Reading
CIFOR Releases Global Landscapes Forum Reports on the Successes and Outcomes
9 June 2014: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released the report of the first Global Landscapes Forum. The report focuses on four themes: investing in sustainable landscapes, landscape policy and governance, synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation, and landscapes for food security and nutrition. Read more: http://bit.ly/1qtaKTF 9 June 2014: The […] Continue Reading