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Drylands forests and agroforestry systems
A blog post by Paul Stapleton, Head of Communication at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Agroforestry and sustainable forest management and restoration promise hope for world’s threatened drylands. “We treat dryland trees as if they were inferior to rainforest trees,” claimed Lars Laestadius of the World Resources Institute, at a packed event taking place on […] Continue Reading
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
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
Taking action in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
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
Sharing the Land: Restoring Degraded Ecosystems and Improving Livelihoods Through Agroforestry
This brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines how agroforestry approaches – growing trees with crops, and sometimes with animals – can advance land restoration and conservation while also strengthening livelihoods. Continue Reading