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WATCH: Global Landscapes Forum video invite

Plantations International News The coordinating partners of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015 invite you to join them and find out why it’s all connected. Watch Watch Achim Steiner, Helen Clark, Mark Burrows, Paula Caballero, Andrew Steer, Jeremy Bird, Peter Holmgren and Debora Bossio.   Video invites from implementing partners: the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., World Agroforestry Center, FAO, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CATIE on behalf of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA), Youth in Landscapes Initiative, IFPRI, The Nature Conservancy, EcoAgriculture Partners, Tebtebba and IUCN. Plantations International

Success factors for sustainable bio power

Plantations International Information Originally released on the conference on Bioenergy and also Property development's site. Oil hand fruits ripening. Photo by Nanang Sujana for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).Less than a month after the recommendation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Growth at the United Nations General Setting up and also in sight of POLICE OFFICER 21 of the UNFCCC, the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and also the Institute for Advances Sustainability Studies (IASS) held a conference on bioenergy as well as advancement. The conference united an unique top-level group of consultants, consisting of agents of governments, the study neighborhood, [...]

Bamboo: an effective ally for land repair

Plantations International News By Hans Friederich, Supervisor General, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Bamboo can be an effective ally for land repair. This critical resource flourishes on trouble soils and high inclines, helps to preserve soil and water, as well as boosts land quality. Its potential is significant-- if its advantages are acknowledged by choice manufacturers and also organizers. Bamboo is a property to any type of landscape in which it shows up. When tactically placed, the plant develops part of an 'ecological framework' that is progressively recognized as an affordable method to bring back degraded landscapes and also [...]

International Assessment for Bamboo and also Rattan

Plantations International News Structure on the success of the Forest Days and also Agricultural and Rural Advancement Days, the inaugural International Landscapes Discussion forum occurred on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw. In 2014, the second Worldwide Landscapes Online forum combined 1,700 stakeholders in Lima, along with UNFCCC COP20. GLF 2014GLF 2013 Plantations International

Plantations International Alphonso Mango

ALPHONSO, THE king of mango varieties, does well under organic farming conditions and its full potential should be exploited by the small and marginal farmers . An authority on Alphonso mango cultivation, Plantations International is a pioneer in establishing the largest `Rumani’ Alphonso orchard in Kanchipuram district at `J-Farm’, Kelambakkam, Mr. Nagarajan has successfully demonstrated the promises held out by the superior mango variety `Alphonso’. “After working with `Rumani’ variety in the last thirty five years, I shifted my focus to `Alphonso’ variety in 1998, and it has done exceedingly well in the farm. It responded favourably to drip irrigation and organic [...]

Amazon increasing: Adaptation begins in the house

Plantations International Information Initially published on CIFOR's Woodland News. By Harry Pearl. Smallholders living along the Amazon river in Brazil have got utilized to adapting. Neil Palmer/CIATFor hundreds of hundreds of country families eking out a living in Brazil's Amazon.com tidewater, living with flooding is a day-to-day truth. However with environment modification suggestioned to speed up sea-level increase, tidal inundation is readied to intensify. Exactly how could local government aid smallholders-- recognized in your area as caboclos-- to adapt? Baseding on Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, a scientist at the Facility for International Forestry Research study (CIFOR), component of the solution could be right [...]

Sweet: Chocolate goes climate-positive with carbon insetting

Plantations International Information By Patrick Fortyr, Woodland Finest Consulting GmbH-- CO2OL Photo by © ForestFinancePeople love delicious chocolate. Last year's worldwide intake of this scrumptious as well as ageless reward was roughly 8 million tonnes, as more and also more people can manage it. Specifically, demand is increasing dramatically in in the new mid courses of China and also India. The delicious chocolate industry is highly affordable with global players dominating the marketplace. For tiny producers there is only one means to be successful: remarkable quality and a special selling proposal. Customers are eager to pay majestically for marvelous cru costs [...]