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  • Knowledge | Assessing Forest Governance in Burkina Faso

    02.07.12

    This PROFOR-financed activity aims to apply a forest governance diagnostic tool to construct a baseline assessment of the forest governance situation in Burkina Faso and to pinpoint the areas requiring highest priority reforms. A forest governance reform strategy for the country will then be formulated on the basis of the diagnostics.

  • Knowledge | Impact of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in Protected Areas

    01.10.12

    With PROFOR support, the World Bank's Africa regional staff contracted WWF and Estelle Levin Ltd to conduct studies in Liberia and Gabon to analyze the impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities on high-value natural landscapes and the people who live nearby, and propose more sustainable approaches to current ASM practices.

  • Field Notes | Going Granular in Ghana

    12.20.11

    PROFOR first supported the mapping of landscape restoration opportunities at the global level. It is now drilling down at the country level with an assessment in Ghana. A new map provides a detailed and current picture of Ghana's land cover -- something that was missing until now.

  • 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.

  • News & Events | Forest Day 5 in Durban, South Africa

    12.13.11

    Forest Day 5 was held in Durban, South Africa on 4 December 2011, to coincide with climate change talks. Read related content and speeches.

  • Field Notes | Wangari Maathai Tribute Film

    12.13.11

    To commemorate and honor the life of Professor Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Laureate who died earlier this year, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) opened Forest Day 5 with a short and moving video about her work.

  • Page | Miombo Annexes

    11.23.11

  • Knowledge | Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa

    11.16.11

    Despite the very considerable body of on-farm experience which has been gained in testing agroforestry and other tree-based technologies for their impact on increasing productivity and on rural income generation, investment in agroforestry, tree planting and landscape restoration has been lagging. This activity aimed to shed light on potential private investment opportunities and identify policy, regulatory and institutional constraints that could be lifted to help tap this potential.  

  • Knowledge | Policies and Incentives for Managing the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa

    11.16.11

    The Miombo Woodlands are the most extensive tropical seaonal woodland and dry forest formation in Africa. Although they are less rich in biodiversity and high-value timber than moist tropical forests, these landscapes play an integral role in the lives of millions of rural people who depend on woodland resources for food, energy and environmental services. The ongoing public debate about the value of forests and woodlands in the face of climate change provides an important opportunity to revisit policies, incentives and options for managing the miombo woodlands in ways which benefit the rural poor.

  • Knowledge | Lessons Learned from an Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Technology Transfer from Costa Rica to Cameroon

    10.18.11

    A World Bank-supported pilot project, launched in January 2011, has demonstrated that several agrosilvopastoral technology innovations and systems developed and/or tested in Central America can be adapted to the Tugi (Gutah) Hills in the North West Region of Cameroon, resulting in the rehabilitation of degraded pasture lands, improved livestock productivity, increased income of the rural communities and reduced risk and vulnerability to climate change. A new PROFOR activty aims to document and disseminate the lessons from that project.
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