Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is a summit meeting on African development. The summit was initiated by Japan in 1993 and so far five conferences have been held in Japan. Its main objective is to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and their partners as well as mobilize support for African-owned development initiatives. The 6^th conference will be held in Kenya on 27-28 August at KICC and subsequent side events will take place prior to and during the main event at different venues. ICRAF is privileged to host two side events on 25-26 August.

1. The Future of Wood-Based Energy – 25 August 2016
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2. Forest & Landscape Restoration for Food Security and Resilience to Climate Change – August 26, 2016
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Further reading:

Njenga, M. Iiyama, R. Jamnadass, H. Helander, L. Larson, J. de Leew, H. Neufeldt, K. Röing de Nowina, C. Sunderberg. Gasifier as a cleaner cooking system in rural Kenya. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.039  (available under terms and conditions)

Mara ecosystem threatened by charcoal production in Nyakweri Forest and its environs: ICRAF Technical Brief 3:

[PDF] Policy solutions for sustainable charcoal in sub-Saharan Africa  [PDF], a publication of the World Future Council.

[PDF] Mara ecosystem threatened by charcoal production in Nyakweri Forest and its environs

[PDF] From transition fuel to viable energy source: improving sustainability in the sub-Saharan charcoal sector

[PDF] Developing sustainable tree-based bioenergy systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Download presentation by Dr. Henry Neufeldt to Our Common Future Under Climate Change conference here.

 Restoring forests: What constitutes success in the twenty-first century? By Douglass F. Jacobs, Juan A. Oliet, James Aronson, Andreas Bolte, James M. Bullock, Pablo J. Donoso, Simon M. Landhäusser, Palle Madsen, Shaolin Peng, José M. Rey-Benayas, John C. Weber. New Forests, 2015, Page 1.

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Blogs:

 Creating a ‘smokeless’ village in India

Demystifying the World’s Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

Landscape restoration talks at global innovations forum, GFIA 2015

 It only takes prunings from trees on farms and efficient stoves for smallholder farmers to meet their cooking energy needs

 Promoting early-maturing, oil-rich shea trees and holding off the charcoal threat

 Experts’ advice on woodfuel governance in Burkina Faso

 Trees for wood energy and land restoration

 Towards a sustainable tree-based bioenergy sector in sub-Saharan Africa

 From ‘energy poverty’ towards sustainable tree-based bioenergy

 Charcoal production in sub-Saharan Africa can be sustainable

 Brushing up charcoal’s image

 Keeping healthy and saving trees 

Unpacking the evidence on firewood and charcoal in Africa

 A burning issue: woodfuel, public health, land degradation and conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Policy briefs (2015)

 Developing sustainable tree-based bioenergy systems in sub-Saharan Africa:

 Opportunities and challenges of landscape approaches for sustainable charcoal production and use

Developing sustainable tree-based bioenergy systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Working papers

 From transition fuel to viable energy source: improving sustainability in the sub-Saharan charcoal sector

See also:

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/

 http://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/partnerships/ticad.shtml

 Atlas of Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities: an online interactive map from WRI, the University of Maryland, and IUCN

 Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration