Restoration work at the Agroforestry Station of Baracoa focuses on recovering a 6 km strip of the Sabanilla River basin from the town of Paso de Cuba to Los Hoyos, contributing to the ecological restoration…
For too long, “productivity” has been understood as agricultural fields of monocultures or extensive livestock pastures, while the forest is considered a non-productive area. In a world with severe environmental problems, the need arises for…
Alianza Arkana has been working on the Bena Nii (New Forest) program alongside the Shipibo community of San Francisco and the two hamlets of Nuevo Egipto and Santa Clara in the Yarinacocha district, in the…
Over the next two years, IAFN and our key partner, FUNDECOR, are seeking to promote the ecological restoration of forests and improve livelihoods using diverse production systems such as analog forestry in the Maquenque region…
As part of our work on ecological restoration in the Purépecha region of Michoacán, in Mexico, we gave a course on horticulture, with a focus on medicinal plants, shrubs, herbs, and vegetables. We also developed…
The opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of a degraded area bordering one of the main and most contaminated rivers crossing the capital of Costa Rica has been a truly rewarding experience. IAFN has been…
Last year, IAFN launched a new instalment of its demonstration sites program. In our 2014 call for proposals, we invited applications from around the world for new sites where people would restore degraded ecosystems using…
Last year, IAFN launched a new instalment of its demonstration sites program. In our 2014 call for proposals, we invited applications from around the world for new sites where people would restore degraded ecosystems using…
At the beginning of this year, we were interested in establishing an analog forestry site in Costa Rica's capital of San José, the new location of the IAFN's secretariat office since August of 2013. This…
This article was originally published on the blog of the Global Landscapes Forum by Simon Riley, an agronomist and independent researcher with the Global AgroEcology Alliance and a development reporter for the Global South Development…