Among our latest publications are policy briefs prepared for the UN climate change meeting with a focus on making climate-smart agriculture work for the poor. There are two new Trees for Change booklets on cocoa lessons in Indonesia that are to be extended to Cote d’Ivoire and the success of rubber agroforestry also in Indonesia. We also have extension guides on the seed propagation and grafting techniques for Allanblackia.

The Useful Trees Species for Africa tool is now available on the Centre’s. Using Google Earth, it enables the user to zoom in on any area of the continent to see the vegetation type that occurs there and call up a list of tree species suitable for planting in that location. The tool will be particularly useful to NGOs involved in tree-planting projects.

In the latest issue of our e-newsletter, Transformations online, we feature a story on how nutrition and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa can be improved through fruit trees. We also highlight recent publications on the proven success of fertilizer trees in Southern Africa, the value of in-kind rewards for environmental services in Asia and a review of value chain guidelines and manuals. SUBSCRIBE