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Initiatives to reward environmental stewards gain wide recognition

Posted Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:04 by EKahurani

Last week, PRESA’s (Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa) work to give incentives to environmental stewards was awarded the title ‘Innovation of the Week’ by an article featured by the

IUFRO: Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change

Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 20:56 by ASB Blog Editor
Africa is expected to face particularly high impacts from climate change.

National deforestation workshop in Cameroon looks beyond the forest

Posted Thu, 05/20/2010 - 23:29 by ASB Blog Editor

While it is clear that deforestation is an important source of global carbon emissions, the potential role that agricultural mosaics at the forest margin could play, to help reduce pressure on the forest, store carbon and create benefits for local people is gaining evidence Scientists and forest stakeholders in Cameroon met in Yaoundé on 6-7 May, to share and validate new research on the pote

African scientists get their boots dirty to learn about REDD

Posted Wed, 04/07/2010 - 20:24 by ASB Blog Editor

Based on the principle that the best way to learn is through practical experience, the World Agroforestry Centre brought a group of scientists to the Rukinga REDD project in southeastern Kenya last week, as part of

Good news for African Forest Carbon initiatives

Posted Tue, 03/23/2010 - 03:53 by ASB Blog Editor
After lagging behind Asia and Latin America, Africa can finally boast of its first large-scale forestry project to be registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.

ASB and partners convene REDD workshops in Africa and Asia

Posted Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:43 by ASB Blog Editor

Workshops for developing countries working to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use change were held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1-3 March 2010, and Hue City, Viet Nam, from 8-10 March 2010. The workshops were hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Alternatives to Slash and Burn Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins (ASB), and the International Institute f

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