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A Smart-REDD project Addresses Drivers of Deforestation

Posted Mon, 05/30/2011 - 17:29 by EKahurani

A smart REDD project in Tanzania goes beyond compensating farmers for not converting forests to farmland and facilitates them to meet their needs through better use of the resources they already had - the project would put money towards fertilizer, seed and agricultural training to increase crop yields of existing farmland and help to meet the increasing demand for food.

Trees and Landscape Restoration Can Help Deliver a 'Triple' Win

Posted Mon, 05/23/2011 - 14:03 by EKahurani

Against a backdrop of volatile food prices and increasing climate variability, more and more people are paying attention to the relationship between a healthy environment and resilient farmland. From policy makers to private investors, from researchers to smallholder farmers, many are looking for better ways to increase food security in a changing climate.

Using carbon as a funding mechanism for conservation;Is REDD+ right for you?

Posted Sun, 05/22/2011 - 00:02 by EKahurani

To find out, read an introductory guide based on the World Land Trust (WLT) and IUCN National Committee for the Netherlands (IUCN NL)  training programme 2010; knowledge and networking for African NGOs.

Communities in Ghana benefit from climate change adaptation programme

Posted Fri, 05/20/2011 - 23:34 by EKahurani

About 14, 000 people from selected communities in the Northern and Upper East Regions are to benefit from a climate change programme called Adaptation Programme for Africa (ALP).

State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet

Posted Fri, 05/20/2011 - 22:20 by EKahurani

State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet,  spotlights successful agricultural innovations and unearths major successes in preventing food waste, building resilience to climate change, and strengthening farming in cities. The report provides a roadmap for increased agricultural investment and more-efficient ways to alleviate global hunger and poverty.

Dwindling West African Rainforest Threatens Long-Term Food Security

Posted Mon, 04/11/2011 - 09:14 by EKahurani

Dr James Gockowski works with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and is a member of the ASB Partnership Global Steering Group (GSG). </div> <div class=

Another Missing Link in Climate Change Policy: Trees Outside Forests

Posted Tue, 04/05/2011 - 21:58 by EKahurani

To do justice to the range of options farmers in fact have to respond to climate change, we need an explicit representation of at least three types of climate that are feasible at any location: open-field agriculture climate maps (these we already have and they are labelled ‘climate maps’), medium tree cover or agroforestry climate maps, and full tree cover or forest climate maps.

Studying Kenyan Farmers' Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change

Posted Thu, 03/24/2011 - 18:02 by EKahurani

A Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change project is gathering data and case studies of adaptation to provide policy makers with technical and scientific evidence to guide them in Africa. Read an interview where one of the lead researchers explains the project's activities here

Indonesia: Local people have their voice in project implementation

Posted Mon, 03/21/2011 - 11:27 by EKahurani

REDD+ projects will have to first implement the Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) process involving local communities and indigenous people living in forest areas before being awarded permits.

From Cancún we need to Look Beyond the Forest to Reduce Emissions

Posted Thu, 01/27/2011 - 10:40 by EKahurani

Cancún afforded yet another moment for concerned stakeholders to come together to share best practices, including lessons learned from various initiatives, and one point of agreement was that for the world to mark success in proposed efforts to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases and sequester carbon, it is high time that focus expanded beyond the forest sector, even in the context of Reduci

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