ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins

Reframing Climate Change could deliver health benefits

EKahurani — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:01:40 +0000

Sometimes, how we say something may be as important as what we say. With regard to climate change, how we say it is often perceived as affecting people far from us in both time and space. A new article published in The Conversation explains how reconceptualising climate change as a health issue may allow for both better understanding of and greater scope for changing behaviour.

Evergreen agriculture can boost Phillipines reforestation program

EKahurani — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:14:26 +0000

In an article published by Business World, Jose Rene C.

From Farmers to Loggers: The Role of Shifting Cultivation Landscapes in Timber Production in Cameroon

EKahurani — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:19:53 +0000

Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa Regenerate Land to Beat Famine

EKahurani — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:39:01 +0000

By Elizabeth Kahurani The afternoon parallel session on Land regeneration for climate change adaptation offered a glimmer of hope with a showcase of natural resource management (NRM) techniques and innovations that farmers across sub-Saharan Africa are using to regenerate degraded land and enhance food security.

REDD+ expert meeting

EKahurani — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:51:51 +0000

Start: 04/02/2012 16:37

End: 04/05/2012 16:37

Timezone: Africa/Nairobi

Start: 04/02/2012 16:37

End: 04/05/2012 16:37

Timezone: Africa/Nairobi

International Institute for Sustainable Development and the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins at the World Agroforestry Centre (ASB-ICRAF) have partnered to deliver a third and final phase of the Building REDD+ Policy Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers proje

PRESA’s work informs Kenya’s policy on water

EKahurani — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:08:40 +0000

By Elizabeth Kahurani

PRESA’s work on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) at the Sasumua watershed in Kenya has resulted in the inclusion of PES as an effective water resource management mechanism within key government policy on water.

The brunt of climate change on animals

EKahurani — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:21:35 +0000

Climate change is impacting negatively on our entire ecosystem including the animal species.

Want to find out the most climate vulnerable areas in Africa?

EKahurani — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:15:21 +0000

AidData, in partnership with The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program, has released the pilot version of its dynamic mapping tool.

ASB researchers facilitate REDD roundtable group meeting in Pucallpa, Peru

EKahurani — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:21:14 +0000

ASB researchers shared tools and methods for evaluating the feasibility of REDD+ programs and helped to develop a consensus on key concepts and implementation steps.The participants included professionals from government departments, research NGOs and universities.

How climate finance can benefit smallholders

EKahurani — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:51:35 +0000

Climate finance can be used as an instrument to help smallholders overcome some of the numerous barriers to investments in sustainable agricultural practices. It can catalyze the transition to a more resilient agricultural sector that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases carbon sequestration while fostering food security and promoting the local economic development.