Land restoration is a strategic investment in Ethiopia
BY SUSAN CHOMBA AND MAY MUTHURI · FEBRUARY 5, 2019 Productive land leads to many benefits but achieving productivity needs a change of thinking. Gergera watershed and Maego sub-watershed at Negash in Ethiopia are examples of how restoring land leads to many...
New paradigm unfolds to rapidly regreen Africa
BY SUSAN CHOMBA AND MAY MUTHURI · FEBRUARY 4, 2019 The Regreening Africa project is charting new paths into coplex, unmapped territory in its effort to restore 1 million hectares of land in eight countries within five years. The goal of the Reversing Land...
Global Landscapes Forum – Ghana
Dates: October, 2019 Venue: Accra, Ghana GLF’s conference in Ghana this year will focus on rights specifically in Africa, looking at equitable and effective approaches to restoration and climate change challenges across the continent. Click here to learn more and...
Global Landscape Forum – Bonn
Dates: 22nd – 23rd June, 2019 Venue: Bonn, Germany Held alongside the UNFCCC SBSTA meetings, GLF’s annual event in Bonn, Germany, will be themed around rights, highlighting indigenous peoples, local communities, gender and tenure. It will examine landscape solutions...
World Congress on Agroforestry
Dates: 20th - 25th May, 2019 Venue: Le Corum conference center, Montpellier The 4th World Congress on Agroforestry will bring delegates and world-known keynote speakers from all over the world in a major event designed to address a wide range of key agroforestry...
Regreening Mali with Trees: Mapping a Collaborative Approach
Dates: 1st March, 2019 Venue: Bamako, Mali Workshop objectives: Review the evidence and benefits associated with integrating trees into agricultural and pastoral landscapes arising from the Beating Famine Conference Identify opportunities that can be realized through...
Regreening Senegal with Trees: Mapping a Collaborative Approach
Dates: 6th March, 2019 Venue: Dakar, Senegal Workshop objectives: Review the evidence and benefits associated with integrating trees into agricultural and pastoral landscapes Identify opportunities that can be realized through taking agroforestry practices to scale...
Land Degradation Surveillance Framework Training – Senegal
Dates: 28th – 31st January 2019 Venue: Kaffrine, Senegal The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework training will be led by World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in collaboration with World Vision Senegal. The training is meant to equip Regreening Africa staff with the skills...
Operationalizing the Agroforestry Strategy and Plan for Rwanda
BY SUSAN ONYANGO · DECEMBER 21, 2018 Agroforestry will help the country meet its land-restoration targets. Rwanda was the first African country to declare a target for land restoration, aiming for 2 million hectares by 2030, equivalent to 76% of its total land area....
Challenging gender norms around trees and land restoration in West Africa: can research be transformative?
By Joan Baxter. December 21, 1018 Trees are important sources of income for many women in the drylands of West Africa, yet women often have little say in decisions about how land and trees are managed or how household income is used. This story reports on a series of...