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Agroforestry just won’t go away

Agroforestry just won’t go away
 Submitted by Kate on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 01:34

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As the Congress wound up, news of agroforestry continued to feature in media across the globe. Here is a summary of some more of the coverage with links to stories where they are available online.

Discovery News
African Tree Makes Soils Rich for Crops

SciDev.net
Acacia tree can boost crops — and more — across Africa
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/acacia-tree-can-boost-crops-and-more-acros...

UN IRIN
AFRICA: Trees "vital for food security"
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85898

Agrarisch Dagblad (Netherlands)
Boerenbos is groter dan Amazonewoud

Sustainablog
Farms Around the World Have More Trees than Expected
http://sustainablog.org/2009/08/27/farms-around-the-world-have-more-tree...

Campagnes et Environnement (France)
Planter des arbres pour relever le défi climatique
http://www.campagnesetenvironnement.fr/planter-des-arbres-pour-relever-l...

Cool Earth
Farmers planting trees could save rainforests
http://www.coolearth.org/306/whats-new-32/rainforest-news-155/farmers-pl...

Environmental Data Interactive
African farmers encouraged to plant trees to boost agriculture
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=16911&channel=0&title=African...

Spreading awareness about the

Spreading awareness about the importance of saving the environment is the reason behind your media being featured across the globe. I am up for your ideas and I wanted to help so that I myself can help save us from the effects of global warming. We must altogether save environment from deforestation and plant more trees for it would be beneficial not only for us but for all living things that is part of the ecosysytem. payday loans

 
 
 
The 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry was organized by the World Agroforestry Centre
with assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).