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The hidden truth: Solutions for a youth-driven bioeconomy in Ghana
Betty Osei Bonsu is project coordinator of the Green Africa Youth Organization based in Accra. Last year, I had the…
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Scientists urge greater role for forests in policies on food security and nutrition
A new policy brief demonstrates the role forests and trees play in sustaining food production and food security and nutrition…
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Cocoa in Ivory Coast to benefit from ‘companion trees’
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is moving toward embracing a new “cocoa agroforestry” model,” according to a leading…
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Scientist Susan Chomba responds to challenges of ecosystem restoration
The forested world in which Susan Chomba was immersed in girlhood is now gone. She grew up familiar with the…
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Charcoal sector poses regulatory challenge for Kenya
Demand for charcoal and firewood in Kenya is set to increase, while deforestation continues, pointing to an urgent need for…
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‘Food trees’ can help meet nutritional and landscape restoration targets
Trees offering nutritional potential through their fruit pulp, fats, oils, starchy shoots and other edible parts grow widely throughout the…
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A recipe for effective reforestation
Restoring degraded and deforested landscapes to ecological health is a massive challenge, but ambitious tree-planting initiatives, part of efforts to…
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Harness ‘power of landscapes’ to fix health and environmental challenges, report says
Governments must act on the vast benefits of conservation and support the rights of people living in biodiverse landscapes to…
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Landscape restoration initiatives in India benefit rural communities, report says
Landscape restoration in India will improve the lives of women, unemployed youth, landless people and small and marginal landholders, according…
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Kenyan farmers can bank on tree seeds
Tree genebanks can make a valuable contribution to the food security and incomes of smallholder farmers in developing countries, a…
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