Noticias
A step towards soil recarbonization in Togo
04/05/2023
04/05/2023
The Recarbonization of Global Soils (RECSOIL) programme is taking a big step towards implementation in Africa, starting in Togo. By bringing together government, soil institutions, academia, farmers, producer organizations and other local stakeholders, RECSOIL seeks to improve soil health and soil carbon sequestration using sustainable soil management.
A major meeting this week brought together farmers, bankers, governments and development partners from across Africa and beyond to discuss ways to ensure smallholder farmers, the backbone of the region’s food system, have access to the finance they need to improve and scale up sustainable forest and farm management practices....
Sitting at the forefront of the climate crisis, forest and farm producer organizations (FFPOs) have a vital role in supporting smallholder resilience and attaining climate change and biodiversity goals. Together, their members have a transformative potential to achieve sustainable development and respond to climate change at scale.
They cannot, however, fulfil...
The giving trees: Celebrating the reciprocal relationship between forests and local communities
21/03/2023
21/03/2023
When looked after, forests offer us a vast abundance of products that benefit human health and wellbeing, while also contributing to the long-term health of our planet.
One of the many riches from forests, medicinal oils provide better incomes and health for local and global communities.
In Bolivia, a group of women walk single file through the forest on their way to “tap” a copaiba (Copaifera langsdorffii), the “miracle tree” that is a source of income, health and...