Media coverage of the Congress continues to be high, including a story in the Iceland media. Among the highlights was a story by Xinhua News Agency (China) which notes Chinese expert Xu Jianchu’s call for African countries to encourage small-scale farmers to embrace agroforestry and for governments to provide subsidies to those farmers. A Reuters story appeared in several newspapers, including Le Monde (France), Shanghai Daily (China), and numerous Canadian papers. Radio interviews with Peter Minang ran on BBC Afrique and Radio France Internationale on Monday. So far, we have had stories in English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Icelandic.
News of the conference has also been picked up by the official UNFCC COP15 website; Treehugger.com and Mongabay.com, two influential and widely-read climate blogs; and Greenwire, a leading news source for US policymakers, think tanks, governments, and environmental groups on climate change and energy policy issues.
New Scientist Online (UK)
Intensive farming good for forests
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17675-intensive-farming-good-for-f...
El Pais Online (Spain)
La compatibilidad de los árboles y la agricultura, a discussion
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/compatibilidad/arboles/agricultu...
La Libre Belgique (Belgium)
Le champ qui gâche moins la forêt
http://www.lalibre.be/societe/sciences-sante/article/524199/le-champ-qui- gache-moins-la-foret.html
NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands)
Veel bomen op landbouwgronden
http://weblogs3.nrc.nl/klimaatblog/2009/08/25/veel-bomen-op-landbouwgronden
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Farmland 'needs trees'
Treehugger.com
Acacia Trees Could Solve Africa's Soil Problems, Be the Future for Farms
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/acacia-trees-could-solve-africas...
COP 15 News (Denmark)
Farmers protect climate by planting trees
http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=1955
Mongabay.com
Unique acacia tree could play vital role in turning around Africa's food crisis
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0824-hance_mgunga.html
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Prof Maathai opposes introduction of exotic trees
http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=59418
Xinhua—English (China)
China expert urges Africa to embrace agroforestry to sustain livelihood
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/25/content_11938058.htm
Xinhua—French (China)
Les arbres sont déterminants pour la production agricole
http://french.news.cn/economie/2009-08/25/c_1333283.htm
Asian News International (India)
Unique acacia tree could nourish soils in Africa
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-99001.html
Agencia EFE (Spain)
Un Estudio dice que la cubierta forestal de la mitad de tierras agrícolas supera el 10%
http://www.agroinformacion.com/noticias/31/forestal/19984/un-estudio-dic...
Greenwire
AGRICULTURE: Half of global farmlands have tree cover -- study
Business Daily (Kenya)
Kenya to Pay Heavily for Failure to Tackle Climate Change
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/644792/-/...