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Large corporate profits driving deforestation

Posted Fri, 08/17/2012 - 13:38 by EKahurani

The main drivers of deforestation worldwide are no longer subsistence-level farmers trying to put food on their tables, but corporations, converting massive tracts of land for industrial agriculture. This offers a rare opportunity for conservation through environmentalists and consumer pressure.

National Geographic Conservation Prize to ICRAF Scientist

Posted Mon, 08/13/2012 - 18:27 by EKahurani

Dr. Zacharie Tchoundjeu was on Thursday July, 14 2012 honoured by the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C. with an award as a leader in forest conservation in Africa.

Study: The non-monetary value of carbon projects

Posted Wed, 08/01/2012 - 00:03 by EKahurani

The carbon market holds promise to a multi-billion dollar business, and this has been a key motivation factor for many to engage in various carbon projects. While the monetary potential of the carbon market remains real, there is evidence that these initiatives could also lead to other sustainable benefits.

Learning from farmers in Southwest Cameroon

Posted Mon, 07/23/2012 - 20:50 by EKahurani

By Elizabeth Kahurani

A characteristic of the ASB Partnership project meetings is a field trip that helps to combine the sharing of ideas and presentations in the meeting room with a field tour to expose participants to practical action on the ground in the different REALU sites.

During this year’s REALU (Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses) project planning meeting held in Douala, Cameroon, the field trip involved a visit to cocoa and rubber farmers in Muyuka; as well as a tree nursery initiative supported by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in the seaside city of Limbe, Southwest Cameroon. 

Guide to carbon market access for farmers in India

Posted Mon, 07/23/2012 - 16:22 by EKahurani

How can smallholder farmers participate and benefit from the growing carbon market? A new report by the WorldAgrofrestry Center (ICRAF) shows that through a SMART-CDM approach, farmers can engage in specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and tangible practices to qualify access to carbon markets.

‘Policies need to explore forest value beyond the wood’ -IUFRO-FORNESSA congress media briefing

Posted Tue, 06/26/2012 - 05:31 by EKahurani

As part of publicity activities to mark the first regional congress of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), a media briefing organized in collaboration with the Kenya's Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Kenya Forest Service, African Forest Forum and ICRAF was held on

Methodology for low carbon emission strategies at local government level

Posted Tue, 06/26/2012 - 03:31 by EKahurani

As part of ASB Partnership’s REALU project, a new strategy that provides a model of how consensus among multi-stakeholders can be achieved including how communities can be part of decision making and implementation process in finding sustainable solutions to development has been released.

‘Rainbow water’ – new evidence on the impacts of land evaporation on regional climate

Posted Tue, 06/26/2012 - 03:00 by EKahurani

During the UNFCCC technical meeting in Bon, Germany, ASB Partnership and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) scientists organized a side event held in Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), University of Bonn where they introduced a new dimension to evidence on climate change science known as ‘rainbow water’. This is actually an acronym that

Submissions to the UNFCCC - Reference Emission Levels (REL)

Posted Mon, 06/25/2012 - 18:00 by EKahurani

REDD+ is a mechanism that aims to reward developing countries that avoid deforestation and/or implement activities that sequester carbon.

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