Resilience
Cloud Forest Protection Critical To Keep Tropical Dams Running
Type of media:
Article As the global population surges, dams have been increasingly adopted as a way to keep up with skyrocketing demands for water and energy.
UN-backed partnership helps Kenyans protect forests, improve livelihoods
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Article A United Nations-backed project in Kenya is protecting forests and wildlife, as well as providing alternative livelihoods, and offers valuable lessons on how governments and the private sector can successfully work together for the betterment of communities and the environment.
Peruvian City Pledges to Ramp Up Freshwater Conservation Efforts
Botanic Gardens for Tree Conservation and Forest Restoration in Africa
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Article At present the majority of tree planting in Africa focuses on monotypic stands of non-native species, which offer limited added value in terms of biodiversity or socioeconomic opportunities.
Project Director (Madison Valley Ranchland Group, Oregon)
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Job Madison Valley Ranchlands Group has an opening for a project director. Contact MVRG at mvranch@3rivers.net Applications close on May 30. Call John Crumley with any questions - 406 682 7364 or 406 581 5602
Check out their website here: http://www.madisonvalleyranchlands.org/
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Alaina Pomeroy
Program Manager
Sustainable Northwest
813 SW Alder, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97205
Contact Information:
<p>Alaina Pomeroy Program Manager Sustainable Northwest 813 SW Alder, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205 wk. (503) 221-6911 x109 cell (971) 222-9583</p>
Application Deadline:
May 30, 2013 Forest Voices: Storytelling for Action in the Coffee Lands of Indonesia
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Academic Program
Contact Information:
<p> mary@forestvoices.org</p> Farmers of the Caribbean: Implementing Sustainable Farming Practices in Trinidad's Northern Ranges
Type of media:
Report In the hillsides of Trinidad’s Northern Range, smallholder subsistence farming systems dominate the landscape. Pushed to this frontier by escalating pressure on low-lying agriculture lands from more urban development and a rising population, farmers continue to rely on short-term crops on the steep slopes there.
Revitalizing the Mexican Corvina Fishery with Sustainable Management
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Article Three years ago EDF, fishermen, and critical partners like Noroeste Sustentable (NO
Accelerating Adaptation of Natural Resource Management to Address Climate Change
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Article Natural resource managers are seeking tools to help them address current and future effects of climate change.
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
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Article Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in private and public sector interest to explore payments for ecosystem services (PES), in order to assign value to ecosystem services, and thus promote better land use practices. We recently investigated how PES schemes are faring in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefiting local livelihoods.
