Tony Simons, the Director-General of the World Agroforestry Centre, is leading a plenary discussion panel at the Business for Environment Global Congress 2013 in New Delhi today.
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B4E Global Summit
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Tony Simons at B4E Global Summit discusses agroforestry transformations and the business case for sustainable agriculture with trees
The term landscape originates from the Dutch word ‘Landschap’. It was introduced by Flemish and Dutch painters in the 16th century for paintings of natural or rural areas.
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Painting a picture of the future agroforestry research landscape
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Landscape approaches to future forest and tree resources management
According to the United Nations REDD Programme, the implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) projects can occur effectively if a “transparent, comparable, coherent, complete and accurate measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)
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Online carbon technology demonstration set to help farmers
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IUFRO-FORNESSA regional congress participants were shown an online MRV tool that could encourage greater adoption of REDD+ in Africa
In a world first, World Agroforestry Centre scientists have collaborated with other partners to analyse DPR Korea’s participatory agroforestry project.
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Centre scientists among first to evaluate DPR Korea’s agroforestry
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Centre scientists among first to evaluate DPR Korea’s participatory agroforestry
Seven years ago, the World Agroforesty Centre and the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) took part in a bold, USAID-funded project that aimed to protect and enhance biodiversity in
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Landscape co-management successes revealed
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The LAMIL landscape project has surpassed the expectations of all stakeholders
Lead author and World Agroforestry Centre scientist Edmundo Barrios together with partners from Embrapa and CIAT have launched a book to systematically guide the blending of local farmer knowledge
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New book breaks new ground for soil conservation
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Centre expert launches a methodology guide to improve the uptake of soil conservation
One way to address the demand for extension workers in some parts of Africa is to create web based information systems that help farmers to become independent. A new vegetation map developed by the World Agroforestry Centre is on the way to becoming such an information system.
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New VECEA Map a potential platform for imbedding data from various GRPs
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The VECEA map which covers seven countries in the East Africa region, offers greater accuracy for tree species selection