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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

Integrating agriculture and forestry in the landscape is key to reducing carbon emissions

Posted Mon, 09/26/2011 - 19:44 by EKahurani

A multifunctional approach to REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) will be far more effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing food production than the practice of intensifying agriculture and sparing forests. Read more

Study: International trade offsets carbon emissions saved in developed countries

Posted Tue, 09/06/2011 - 20:20 by EKahurani

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) covers 113 countries and 57 economic sectors from 1990 to 2008 to illustrate growth in emission transfers via international trade, a situation that has seen developing co

'Agroecosystems' can boost food security and protect the environment

Posted Mon, 08/22/2011 - 17:37 by EKahurani

Two new reports from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seek a new path toward achieving both food security and environmental health.

Grants to strengthen the adaptive capacities of small family farms in Africa

Posted Tue, 08/16/2011 - 16:23 by EKahurani

The AfricaAdapt network has launched the 3rd Edition of its AfricaAdapt Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund that promotes local/endogenous knowledge and local knowledge sharing initiatives.The fund will offer grants of up to US$9,000 for adaptation activities and original knowledge sharing initiatives, for sharing knowledge about adaptation on a local scale.

Alley Cropping: Balancing Forest and Agriculture

Posted Thu, 08/04/2011 - 11:34 by EKahurani

“Swidden” agriculture, or slash-and-burn farming, is a practice common among subsistence smallholders which destroys forests and releases over one billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere annually.

REDD calculator and mapping tool for Indonesia

Posted Fri, 07/29/2011 - 00:07 by EKahurani

Researchers have launched a new tool to help policy-makers, NGOs, and landowners evaluate the potential benefits and costs of Indonesia's reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) program at provincial and district levels. The caculator generates emissions reductions estimates and associated opportunity costs for different REDD+ implementation scenarios, includi

Ways to feed the world and conserve the environment

Posted Thu, 07/28/2011 - 23:45 by EKahurani

For every crop, the best producers globally are 100 times more productive than the worst. Even within nations, producers can be 10 times more efficient than their neighbours, whether they farm maize (corn) in Nebraska or cassava in Nigeria.

Building Forest Carbon Projects: a Step-by-Step Guide

Posted Thu, 07/21/2011 - 17:34 by EKahurani

Published by Forest Trends, the Katoomba Incubator and EcoDecision, “Building Forest Carbon Projects” is a step-by-step guide to developing forest carbon projects, and it is supported by a series of chapters that provide in-depth guidance on technical, social and financial issues related to forest carbon projects.

Study Quantifies Important Role of Forests as Carbon Sinks

Posted Wed, 07/20/2011 - 17:35 by EKahurani

Global forests have annually removed 2.4 billion tons of carbon and absorbed 8.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere  - about one-third of fossil fuel emissions annually from the period of 1990-2007. This is according to new study findings by an international research team that combined data from forest inventories, models and satellites to construct a profile of forest

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