Forests and trees are the cornerstone of sustainable development

Forests and trees are the cornerstone of sustainable development

Rio+20 conference should capitalize on the values that forests offer to sustainable development

New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience

New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience

Forest Day 5 during the UN climate change meeting examined Africa’s declining forests, the status of REDD+ negotiations and new priorities for research into forests, trees and agroforestry

New manual on measuring carbon stocks across land use systems

New manual on measuring carbon stocks across land use systems

More than 15 years after scientists from the ASB Partnership released the first guidelines for measuring tree, vegetation and soil carbon stocks, the World Agroforestry Centre has published an updated manual.

New CGIAR research program on forests, trees, and agroforestry is launched

New CGIAR research program on forests, trees, and agroforestry is launched

Ambitious 10-Year CGIAR global research program aims to protect forest-carbon stocks, reduce risks for millions of farmers and forest communities.

Talking carbon finance with farmers

Talking carbon finance with farmers

Valuable lessons on how to explain the science behind climate change and carbon markets to farmers is the subject of a World Agroforestry Centre policy brief that will be presented during UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa

New Publications

Gender and agroforestry in Africa: are women participating?

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Review of guidelines and manuals for value chain analysis for agricultural and forest products

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Reducing subsistence farmers’ vulnerability to climate change

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Conservation agriculture with trees in the West African Sahel – a review

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Agroforestry means incorporating
trees into farms. As forests shrink,
trees on farms become all the more
important. The International Year
of Forests is an opportunity to
highlight the global importance
of agroforestry and the impact
that trees on farms can have on
livelihoods and the effects of
climate change.
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Evergreen Agriculture - the
combination of trees in farming
systems (agroforestry) with the
principles of conservation farming
- is emerging as an affordable
and accessible science-based
solution to caring better for the
land and increasing smallholder
food production.
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