Landscape Restoration

Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News. By Suzanna Anderson. The rainy season has begun in Indonesia, dousing most of the fires that have been burning across Sumatra and Kalimantan. Nature may have solved the problem for now—but the threat is far from over. “Some parts of the country are going to be naturally drier in […]

Originally published on CIFOR’s Forests News. By John Cannon. Industrial timber plantations could provide a way for Ethiopia to reduce rural unemployment and conserve natural forests. Work on a timber plantation in Ethiopia is tough, with low wages, poor conditions and little security – but at least it’s a living. And in a country with […]

Originally posted on the blog of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) This blog links to a session at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (5-6, December in Paris): This Land is Our Land: Gender perspectives on tenure and rights. Moving beyond “zombie statistics”: land restoration and gender issues CGIAR has pledged […]