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  • News & Events | Dry Forests Symposium

    12.13.11

    This one-day symposium provided a global platform for representatives from the research and development sector to openly discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in the sustainable use of dry forests, within broader agricultural landscapes.

  • Field Notes | Notes from a muthi market

    12.02.11

    A few minutes’ drive from the COP 17 convention center, traders and healers are hard at work processing and selling bark, roots, tubers and animal parts endowed with medicinal and magic powers. The 50 or so stalls at the thriving outdoor market in Durban’s Victoria Street Market area, are a graphic reminder of the millions of people who depend on informal activities and “free” resources from dry forests and woodlands.

  • Page | Miombo Annexes

    11.23.11

  • Field Notes | A Bleak Future for African Drylands?

    11.04.11

    A story by Michael McCarthy published in the Independent brings the relationship between poverty, population pressures, deforestation and land degradation into stark relief in Burkina Faso. The stakes of climate change in Africa's drylands will be one of the themes discussed at Forest Day 5 in Durban on December 4.

  • News & Events | Forests Indonesia: Alternative futures to meet demands for food, fibre, fuel and REDD+

    07.29.11

    Organized by CIFOR in association with leading business groups, NGOs, development agencies and the Government of Indonesia, with co-funding from PROFOR and other funding partners, the event provided a platform for 1000 leaders of all stakeholder groups to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by Indonesia in the sustainable use of its forests.

  • Knowledge | Chile: Forests, Trees and Conservation in Degraded Lands

    07.01.11

    Chile is one of the most developed countries in the southern hemisphere and relies heavily on its natural resource base for employment and exports. Yet, despite its natural assets and economic prowess, the country is plagued by serious land degradation problems including desertification, accelerated soil erosion, and forest degradation. This activity will provide knowledge to the Chilean Government and other stakeholders on best practices and guidance for restoration of degraded lands through forestry applications suitable for the Chilean context.

  • News & Events | Workshop: Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries

    05.17.11

    A one-day workshop to discuss the preliminary findings of a World Bank Knowledge Product on biochar and its application in a smallholder developing country context.

  • Knowledge | Brazil: Scaling up Renewable Charcoal Production

    03.08.11

    PROFOR and the BioCarbon Fund are co-financing a study designed to identify institutional and financial arrangements required to mainstream forest plantation business models and promote the potential development of CDM projects aimed at reducing GHG emissions in the forestry and iron supply chains in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

  • Knowledge | The Role of Forestry in Low-carbon Growth Strategies

    03.08.11

    Experience from 3 case studies (Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia).

  • Knowledge | Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries

    08.03.10

    PROFOR is supporting a global study to generate independent knowledge on the use of biochar systems in low and middle income country settings with a particular focus on biochar systems accessible to smallholders.
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