Landscapes

  By Madjiguene Seck, Communications Officer at the World Bank The global partnership TerrAfrica has brought together key actors across sectors, borders and faiths to address degradation of the land and build greener landscapes in Africa. For the past decade, it has mobilized $3 billion in investments in sustainable land and water management, working with 24 African countries […]

This study assesses the impact of artisanal gold mining in the Ngoyla-Mintom Forest Massif (NMFM) on local livelihoods and the environment. (Working paper, 54 pages)

By Ellysar Baroudy, originally posted at World Bank With all eyes on a new climate agreement in Paris later this year, healthy forests and landscapes are seen as critical to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero before 2100. The key underlying question is how to best achieve a true transformation in how we manage […]

By Oluwabunmi Ajilore, originally posted at YPARD It is counter-productive to discuss agricultural sustainability unless agriculture is made more appealing to today’s youth. Indeed young people are those who have the best capabilities for change on a long term, for a climate-smart agriculture – that’s to say, for a productive agriculture that doesn’t deplete our […]

Wageningen University, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Agroforestry Centre have designed a 2-week course on landscape management. Towards innovative arrangements for inclusive decision making at landscape level, is the title of the international course for forest and nature management professionals. Scholarships are available for applicants before 20 March 2015. Where: Bogor, […]

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well‐being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. It involves people coming together to restore the function and productivity of degraded forest lands ‐ through a variety of place‐based interventions, including new tree plantings, managed natural regeneration, or improved land management. The […]