Yearly Archives: 2014

Burkina Faso takes action to limit forest loss

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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.

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EU should support local solutions to Sub-Saharan droughts

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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.

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World Vision Celebrates Transformation in Ethiopia 30 Years after Famine

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.

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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

 

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.

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Guide to conservation agriculture with trees

For Journalists – A new guide by the World Agroforestry Centre will assist with training farmers to implement Conservation Agriculture with Trees.

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