Following a positive experience with the community of Rancho Quemado in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, the IAFN team delivered a second community-based training in the community of Hojancha, in Guanacaste province. Participants came from…
One of the key challenges of running an international network is this: how can you translate a global scope into local results? At IAFN, we work with local partners who have impact on the ground…
What happens to a group of trainees once our workshops end? Three months after the first analog forestry workshop with the community of Rancho Quemado in the Osa Peninsula, the IAFN team paid a follow-up…
IAFN’s mission statement includes the phrase “a new rural development paradigm”. But is analog forestry only a solution for rural areas? Can the forest never again come to the city? These days, more than half…
Athina Koutouleas is a sustainable agriculturalist from Australia. Starting in May 2014, she and her partner embarked on a bike tour across Latin America, visiting sustainable agriculture and analog forestry sites across the continent. Reports…
After a long time in the works, IAFN supported a capacity building activity with Les Compagnons Ruraux, a Togolese NGO that has been active in the restoration of Togo’s mountain ecosystems. This was IAFN’s first…
One of the most frequent questions we get when talking about analog forestry is: isn’t that the same as permaculture? The truth is, they’re not so different – indeed, one could say that they sprouted…
Rediscovering The Country from SheOaks Films on Vimeo. "I don't think that there is enough money in the world to fix the environmental challenges that we face unless the people who live in the spaces…
As part of our mission to improve opportunities in rural areas, IAFN supports community-based training activities. In this workshop, held from June 4-8, 2014, the IAFN team, with trainer Oscar Fonseca, travelled to the community…
Around the world, the restoration of degraded ecosystems is one of the key challenges that we face in ensuring a sustainable future, combating and adapting to climate change, and working towards food sovereignty. Analog forestry…