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  • Field Notes | Free lunch, in the shade of a marula tree

    01.30.12

    The marula tree dominates the rolling communal pastures and family courtyards in Bushbuckridge,  South Africa. In a landscape where most of the bush has long been cleared for timber, firewood or farmland, the survival of the marula tree is a function of its special status and multiple uses.

  • Knowledge | Desert Cloud Forests in Yemen and Oman

    01.25.12

    Desert Cloud Forests in Yemen and Oman are unique and fragile ecosystems, subject to human threats and climate change repercussions.

  • Knowledge | Implications of the Changes in Agro-food and Fuel Prices on Rural Livelihoods and Forests in Syria

    01.23.12

    In order to guide the World Bank and development partners' support to Syria’s natural resource management, PROFOR supported an activity that examined the implications of recent changes in international and local agro-food and fuel prices and the impact of climate change on farmers’ welfare. This activity was closed due to the political crisis in Syria.

  • Field Notes | A Perennial Perspective

    01.12.12

    Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre Tony Simons delivered a meaty, 102-slide presentation on "The Science Needs of Development: A perennial perspective" that gave rise to many questions. How do you nudge societies to adopt a tree planting culture? Why is the science of scaling up successful programs still so elusive? Can we emulate the health sector in this regard?

  • Field Notes | Wrapping your brain around the global "forest sink"

    12.20.11

    Perhaps no other graphic at Forest Day 5 was as enlightening and intriguing as the carbon sink accounting diagram shared by Bob Scholes. Now that CIFOR has posted it online, we can all ponder it at leisure.

  • Knowledge | Using Forests to Enhance Resilience to Climate Change

    12.13.11

    Developing countries are expected to suffer the most from changes in climatic patterns.
    Forest and tree management could provide a low-cost approach to enhancing resilience of local landscapes to climate change but needs to balance production, livelihood, adaptation and mitigation goals.

  • 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 | 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
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