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SWP Team Leader Gordon Mumbo stands on a small bridge over a river.

“The River Belongs to the People”

March 28, 2019
Global Waters
Blog Post
Gordon Mumbo grew up in the small village of Kamuga, in Kenya’s Kisumu County. Year after year, he watched as frequent floods from one of Kenya’s...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystems, food security, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Group inspects tree seedlings, Upper Imenti Forest, Kenya

Thinking in tomorrow

March 26, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
“My interest in tree planting started when I was very young, when I used to go with my mum to plant trees in the forest, as part of the shamba system...
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Keywords: 
forest/forestry, land use, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
A woman in Bangladesh waters a field.

Climatelinks Celebrates World Water Day 2019

March 21, 2019
Stephan Hardeman
Blog Post
Happy World Water Day! This year’s “Water for All” theme highlights the importance of leaving no one behind. It brings to light the fact that...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, food security, forest/forestry, resilience, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Global
Women of Bassoul gather to organize for mangrove monitoring.

Regaining their lost paradise

March 14, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
Since the 1970s, the Sahel region of northern Africa has been experiencing ongoing drought. The ecological, economic and social impacts are far-...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, forest/forestry, gender, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Members of Mbazzi Farmers Group members carry out a monitoring visit in their newly allocated area planted with trees.

Shaking the tree

March 12, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
In the districts of Mpigi, Rakai and Masaka in central Uganda, once-forested landscapes have been degraded by farming and illegal logging. As the...
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Keywords: 
ecosystems, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
Sheep near a lake in the Peruvian highlands.

The Infrastructure Upgrade, Reimagined

March 6, 2019
Genevieve Bennett
Blog Post
In Peru, a new cross-sector initiative supported by USAID and the Government of Canada is moving beyond concrete-and-steel projects to an expansive...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, ecosystems, infrastructure, resilience, water
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
A woman stands near young trees in a nursery, Cameroon.

Women gaining ground through reforestation on the Cameroonian coast

March 5, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
Along Cameroon’s equatorial coast, women are planting trees on degraded land, both in the humid terrestrial ecosystems, and the estuarine areas where...
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Keywords: 
coastal, ecosystems, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa