Agroforestry

During the Global Landscapes Forum’s first Pecha Kucha Style Night, seven presenters took the stage to share their stories in a new format. Each presenter could use 20 slides, for 20 seconds each – no breaks, no opportunity to switch between slides. Slides were restricted to images and graphs only, avoiding long texts and endless […]

By Patrick Fortyr, Forest Finest Consulting GmbH – CO2OL People love chocolate. Last year’s global consumption of this delicious and timeless treat was approximately 8 million tonnes, as more and more people can afford it. In particular, demand is rising sharply in in the new middle classes of China and India. The chocolate industry is […]

By Dr. Hans Friederich, Director General, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Often overlooked by development planners, bamboo offers Africa a strategic resource to generate rural income. It also restores degraded landscapes and combats the effects of climate change – helping countries to meet their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and shift to a greener […]

Originally posted on the blog of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) This article links to a session at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (5-6, December in Paris): Odds and ends for restoring landscapes through agroforestry. Land restoration is a key theme at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the biggest […]