The FAO-CARE-CGIAR partnership takes one step further
02 March 2021
On February 26, 2021, a meeting between the FAO, CARE International UK and the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) was held to discuss the next steps for the technical working paper they will be producing together. This work is being produced alongside the Conflict and Peace Unit (CPU), sitting [...]
Who holds the camera? A two-day training of trainers on participatory video approaches
26 February 2021
Following the launch of the webinar series Navigating the Participatory Approach at the end of January 2021, a virtual training of trainers (ToT) was held on 24th-25th February 2021, counting 25 participants from Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Navigating the Participatory Approach is part of the initiative Making every [...]
Launching the Webinar Series “Navigating the Participatory Approach”
03 February 2021
On the 29th of January 2021, in the context of the initiative Making every voice count for adaptive management, FAO’s Dryland Forestry team and South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division launched the webinar series entitled Navigating the Participatory Approach. The webinars falling under this theme will take place on a bi-monthly basis in order to provide a common place for all [...]
Investigating the nexus between dryland forests, climate change and conflict
02 February 2021
Yet another groundbreaking partnership has taken place within the team of FAO’s Dryland Forestry. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have formally partnered with CARE International UK and the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) to produce a joint technical working paper, which will focus [...]
Paving the way to a new and improved Dryland Restoration Initiative Platform (DRIP) tool
23 December 2020
Home to around 25% of the world population, Drylands contain some of the most threatened and disregarded ecosystems facing pressures due to climate change-related extended droughts, regional warming and an ever-growing human population inevitably increasing risks of land degradation and desertification. Many restoration initiatives are being implemented in drylands, but [...]
Making every voice count for adaptive management initiative
30 October 2020
Using participatory video approaches as an interactive platform to support networking, knowledge generation, and documenting and disseminating knowledge assets and lessons learned.
On the 27th and 28th of October 2020, the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division, the Forestry Division and the Partnership and UN Collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization [...]
22 mai 2020, Journée mondiale de la biodiversité: la restauration des terres comme stratégie de conservation de la biodiversité
22 May 2020
En parallèle à la restauration de 1000 hectares de terres dégradées avec des espèces locales plantées sur trois années, ACD travaille également à la préservation de la faune sauvage dans la Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Khoily Alpha, notamment à travers la réintroduction de l'oryx algazelle (Oryx dammah) en appui à [...]
Le 20 mai 2020 - Journée mondiale des abeilles: les abeilles engagées dans la restauration des terres dégradées
20 May 2020
Les abeilles, les arbres et les paysages sont interdépendants. Les abeilles sont dépendantes d’habitats bio-diversifiés pour se nourrir, et sont elles-mêmes indispensables à la pollinisation de nombreuses plantes et arbres, et pour la régénération d’écosystèmes sains. L’apiculture améliore la pollinisation de plantes sauvages et cultivées, et augmente les rendements agricoles. [...]
Renforcer la restauration des terres pour soutenir les communautés rurales
20 March 2020
Sous la menace toujours croissante du changement climatique et de la perte de biodiversité, la désertification appelle une réponse d'une urgence sans précédent. La restauration des terres est devenue une priorité internationale, comme le montre la proclamation en mars 2019, de la Décennie des Nations Unies pour la restauration des [...]
Les semences de la restauration au Niger
04 November 2019
Téra, Niger - "Au cours des dix dernières années, nous avons perdu un tiers de nos champs à cause des eaux de ruissellement. Aujourd'hui, nous ne pouvons plus vivre de nos terres", déclare Hassane Abdoulaye de Téra, une ville de 190 km au nord-ouest de Niamey au Niger.
Les choses ont [...]