Amazon Initiative Agroforestry Workshop

More than 80 researchers from 6 Amazonian countries met in Belém, Brazil from the 19 - 28 January, 2005 for the workshop, "Promising initiatives and limiting factors for the development of agroforestry systems as an alternative to environmental degradation in the Amazon". Experiences shared by participants from Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela demonstrated that agroforestry is a powerful approach to counteracting environmental degradation in the Amazon. The workshop was organized by ICRAF, Embrapa, Amazônia Oriental and CIAT. Representatives from the Brazilian Government, Banco da Amazonia, civil society and other research and development consortia such as Procitrópicos and ASB also participated in the event. Funding: ICRAF. Amazon region: Belém, Brazil. (Project leader: Roberto Porro).