The document discusses ecosystem services provided by forests and rattan systems. It notes that over one billion people rely on forest products for subsistence and income. Rattan is a climbing palm used by many rural communities in Southeast Asia and Africa for goods and livelihoods. Rattan agroforestry is a resilient production system that provides multiple goods and services while storing carbon. However, emerging economic opportunities are undermining traditional management systems as farmers respond to opportunities for higher incomes through alternatives like oil palm. Ensuring sustainable management of rattan systems will support several UN Sustainable Development Goals.
FAO–KSA Cooperation Programme: Supporting Sustainability of Small Scale Agri...Nena Agri
This document outlines the FAO-KSA Cooperation Programme which aims to support small-scale agriculture in Saudi Arabia through several projects and pillars. It includes 16 ongoing projects grouped into sub-programs to address specific agricultural issues. The program takes a collaborative approach between multiple projects to strengthen institutions and inform policy. It establishes extension centers to test and adopt innovative technologies with small producers, cooperatives, and women's associations. The overall goals are sustainable improvements to productivity and empowering smallholders through enabling environments and rural development support.
Market-oriented livestock production and sustainable watershed management in ...ILRI
Presented by Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Dirk Hoekstra, Gebremedhin W/wahid, Zewdu Ayele and Kahsay Berhe at the “Training on Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Planning and Implementation”, workshop, Bahir Dar, 22-27 November 2012
Livestock science with the end in mind: Discovering and delivering solutions ...ILRI
The document discusses opportunities and challenges in the livestock sector in developing countries. Demand for meat, milk, and eggs is growing rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes. However, the livestock sector receives less than 1% of development funding despite contributing at least 40% of agricultural GDP. Livestock research can help strengthen livelihoods, mitigate environmental impacts, and ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious animal-source foods. Solutions are needed to improve animal health and production efficiency while addressing climate change and environmental issues in a fact-based manner.
Sustainable and inclusive transformation of animal food systemsILRI
This document discusses the sustainable and inclusive transformation of animal food systems. It outlines both the opportunities and challenges of livestock, including meeting growing demand, supporting economic growth, and addressing development needs, while also mitigating environmental harms. The document proposes a framework to facilitate partnerships and coordinate efforts to deliver tailored livestock solutions at scale. This would involve harnessing CGIAR research, ensuring translation into impacts, accounting for diversity, and enabling functions like communications. The goal is to transform animal health, empower women, build capacity, and create appropriate portfolios to double productivity and incomes from livestock.
Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable develop...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Fiona Flintan, Jason Sircely, Cesar Patino, Mireille Ferrari and Susan MacMillan at the Joint XI International Rangeland Congress and XXIV International Grassland Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (virtual), 24–30 October 2021
Presented by Jimmy Smith to Juergen Voegele, Director of Agriculture and Environment at the World Bank, on his visit to ILRI Nairobi, 20 February 2013.
The document discusses ecosystem services provided by forests and rattan systems. It notes that over one billion people rely on forest products for subsistence and income. Rattan is a climbing palm used by many rural communities in Southeast Asia and Africa for goods and livelihoods. Rattan agroforestry is a resilient production system that provides multiple goods and services while storing carbon. However, emerging economic opportunities are undermining traditional management systems as farmers respond to opportunities for higher incomes through alternatives like oil palm. Ensuring sustainable management of rattan systems will support several UN Sustainable Development Goals.
FAO–KSA Cooperation Programme: Supporting Sustainability of Small Scale Agri...Nena Agri
This document outlines the FAO-KSA Cooperation Programme which aims to support small-scale agriculture in Saudi Arabia through several projects and pillars. It includes 16 ongoing projects grouped into sub-programs to address specific agricultural issues. The program takes a collaborative approach between multiple projects to strengthen institutions and inform policy. It establishes extension centers to test and adopt innovative technologies with small producers, cooperatives, and women's associations. The overall goals are sustainable improvements to productivity and empowering smallholders through enabling environments and rural development support.
Market-oriented livestock production and sustainable watershed management in ...ILRI
Presented by Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Dirk Hoekstra, Gebremedhin W/wahid, Zewdu Ayele and Kahsay Berhe at the “Training on Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Planning and Implementation”, workshop, Bahir Dar, 22-27 November 2012
Livestock science with the end in mind: Discovering and delivering solutions ...ILRI
The document discusses opportunities and challenges in the livestock sector in developing countries. Demand for meat, milk, and eggs is growing rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes. However, the livestock sector receives less than 1% of development funding despite contributing at least 40% of agricultural GDP. Livestock research can help strengthen livelihoods, mitigate environmental impacts, and ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious animal-source foods. Solutions are needed to improve animal health and production efficiency while addressing climate change and environmental issues in a fact-based manner.
Sustainable and inclusive transformation of animal food systemsILRI
This document discusses the sustainable and inclusive transformation of animal food systems. It outlines both the opportunities and challenges of livestock, including meeting growing demand, supporting economic growth, and addressing development needs, while also mitigating environmental harms. The document proposes a framework to facilitate partnerships and coordinate efforts to deliver tailored livestock solutions at scale. This would involve harnessing CGIAR research, ensuring translation into impacts, accounting for diversity, and enabling functions like communications. The goal is to transform animal health, empower women, build capacity, and create appropriate portfolios to double productivity and incomes from livestock.
Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable develop...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Fiona Flintan, Jason Sircely, Cesar Patino, Mireille Ferrari and Susan MacMillan at the Joint XI International Rangeland Congress and XXIV International Grassland Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (virtual), 24–30 October 2021
Presented by Jimmy Smith to Juergen Voegele, Director of Agriculture and Environment at the World Bank, on his visit to ILRI Nairobi, 20 February 2013.
Synergies of Animal Welfare and Agroforestry in Ethiopia (SAWA)ILRI
Presented by Tsega Berhe, Gezahegn Alemayehu, Mulugeta Mokria, Rebecca Doyle, Esther Schelling, Zuleka Ismail, Kebadu Belay, Mesfin Mekonnen and
Barbara Wieland at the One Welfare Virtual World Conference, 15-16 September 2021.
Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable develop...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Director General, With Fiona Flintan, Jason Sircely, Cesar Patino, Mireille Ferrari and Susan MacMillan (ILRI) at the Joint XI International Rangeland Congress and XXIV International Grassland Congress, Nairobi (virtual), 24–30 October 2021
Livestock and global change: Towards a sustainable and equitable livestock se...ILRI
This document discusses balancing trade-offs in the livestock sector between food production, efficiency, livelihoods, and the environment. It notes that livestock occupy a large amount of global land and water resources and account for a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions. However, livestock also provide important economic and nutritional benefits globally. Going forward, more sustainable and equitable livestock systems will be needed to meet increasing demand for livestock products while minimizing environmental impacts. Intensification of production could allow for higher output with fewer animals and less land expansion, but trade-offs would need to be carefully considered.
The document discusses how integrating trees and agroforestry with livestock production through grazing can improve animal welfare and livelihoods in Ethiopia. It finds that districts with better tree access had higher incomes, fewer skinny cattle, and less hair loss, indicating better animal welfare. While agroforestry benefits welfare and food security, barriers include skills, resources, investment costs, and connecting to markets. The document calls for capacity building, veterinary support, and education resources to further support animal welfare through agroforestry.
Livestock biodiversity for sustainable, resilient food systemsILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, at the Food systems and nutrition patterns: Biodiversity, resilience and food security HLPF SDGs learning, training and practice 2020, session 4, 8 July 2020
Better livelihood through agroforestry livestock system in EthiopiaILRI
Agroforestry-livestock integration has the potential to improve livelihoods and food security in Ethiopia. The study evaluated this approach in Dugda and Humbo districts by collecting data from 40 households in each district with either good tree access or less tree access. Results showed income sources were more diverse and food insecurity was less common for households with good tree access. Overall, agroforestry practices that diversify income sources and integrate livestock production can help improve household livelihoods and food security.
Integrated crop livestock systems:A key to sustainable intensification in Af...ILRI
Presented by Shirley Tarawali, Alan Duncan, Peter Thorne, Diego Valbuena, Katrien Descheemaeker, Sabine Homann-KeeTui at the 22nd International Grassland Congress, Sydney, Australia, 15−19 September 2013
Forests, trees and agroforestry: What role in food security and nutrition? CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Terrry Sunderland was given at a session titled "New findings on the dynamics between forests, land use and food security" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 7, 2014.
The session discussed direct and indirect roles of forests and trees in food systems, the importance of food production systems across the forest-agriculture continuum for food security, dietary diversity and nutrition, and the ensuing implications for land use. The social, economic and environmental synergies and trade-offs between forests and food security and related management interventions, as well as relevant response options will also be discussed. The debate also touched upon questions of sustainable land use under a post-Kyoto climate agreement.
The roles of livestock in achieving the sustainable development goalsILRI
Presented by Iain A Wright, Deputy Director General-Research (ILRI) at the 25 Anniversary Conference of the Ethiopian Society for Animal Production (ESAP), Haramaya, Ethiopia, 24–26 August 2017
The context for Anticipatory Action in East AfricaILRI
Pastoralists in East Africa make up a large portion of the population and economy but face high risks from drought and climate change that keep them in poverty. Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) programs aim to increase resilience by protecting pastoralist livelihoods from drought losses. Research on IBLI programs in Kenya found they enabled pastoralists to spend on needs they otherwise could not during drought periods, showing the potential for such insurance to reduce vulnerability to climate risks.
Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition: FTA for better food sys...CIFOR-ICRAF
Forests play a crucial role in food security and nutrition in three key ways:
1) Forests directly provide food and generate income that supports food access for over 1 billion people worldwide. Forest foods contribute significantly to dietary diversity and quality.
2) Forests sustain agriculture through ecosystem services like water regulation, soil health, and pollination that support food production.
3) Maintaining forest and landscape diversity increases the resilience of food systems and dependent communities to climate change and other shocks by acting as a safety net during crises.
Terry Sunderland | Key findings from the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) r...CIFOR-ICRAF
Terry Sunderland, Professor of tropical forestry at the University of British Columbia, senior associate at CIFOR, and HLPE project team leader, presented during a seminar on food system resilience on Feb. 12, 2019, organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).
Synergies of Animal Welfare and Agroforestry in Ethiopia (SAWA)ILRI
Presented by Tsega Berhe, Gezahegn Alemayehu, Mulugeta Mokria, Rebecca Doyle, Esther Schelling, Zuleka Ismail, Kebadu Belay, Mesfin Mekonnen and
Barbara Wieland at the One Welfare Virtual World Conference, 15-16 September 2021.
Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable develop...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Director General, With Fiona Flintan, Jason Sircely, Cesar Patino, Mireille Ferrari and Susan MacMillan (ILRI) at the Joint XI International Rangeland Congress and XXIV International Grassland Congress, Nairobi (virtual), 24–30 October 2021
Livestock and global change: Towards a sustainable and equitable livestock se...ILRI
This document discusses balancing trade-offs in the livestock sector between food production, efficiency, livelihoods, and the environment. It notes that livestock occupy a large amount of global land and water resources and account for a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions. However, livestock also provide important economic and nutritional benefits globally. Going forward, more sustainable and equitable livestock systems will be needed to meet increasing demand for livestock products while minimizing environmental impacts. Intensification of production could allow for higher output with fewer animals and less land expansion, but trade-offs would need to be carefully considered.
The document discusses how integrating trees and agroforestry with livestock production through grazing can improve animal welfare and livelihoods in Ethiopia. It finds that districts with better tree access had higher incomes, fewer skinny cattle, and less hair loss, indicating better animal welfare. While agroforestry benefits welfare and food security, barriers include skills, resources, investment costs, and connecting to markets. The document calls for capacity building, veterinary support, and education resources to further support animal welfare through agroforestry.
Livestock biodiversity for sustainable, resilient food systemsILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, at the Food systems and nutrition patterns: Biodiversity, resilience and food security HLPF SDGs learning, training and practice 2020, session 4, 8 July 2020
Better livelihood through agroforestry livestock system in EthiopiaILRI
Agroforestry-livestock integration has the potential to improve livelihoods and food security in Ethiopia. The study evaluated this approach in Dugda and Humbo districts by collecting data from 40 households in each district with either good tree access or less tree access. Results showed income sources were more diverse and food insecurity was less common for households with good tree access. Overall, agroforestry practices that diversify income sources and integrate livestock production can help improve household livelihoods and food security.
Integrated crop livestock systems:A key to sustainable intensification in Af...ILRI
Presented by Shirley Tarawali, Alan Duncan, Peter Thorne, Diego Valbuena, Katrien Descheemaeker, Sabine Homann-KeeTui at the 22nd International Grassland Congress, Sydney, Australia, 15−19 September 2013
Forests, trees and agroforestry: What role in food security and nutrition? CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Terrry Sunderland was given at a session titled "New findings on the dynamics between forests, land use and food security" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 7, 2014.
The session discussed direct and indirect roles of forests and trees in food systems, the importance of food production systems across the forest-agriculture continuum for food security, dietary diversity and nutrition, and the ensuing implications for land use. The social, economic and environmental synergies and trade-offs between forests and food security and related management interventions, as well as relevant response options will also be discussed. The debate also touched upon questions of sustainable land use under a post-Kyoto climate agreement.
The roles of livestock in achieving the sustainable development goalsILRI
Presented by Iain A Wright, Deputy Director General-Research (ILRI) at the 25 Anniversary Conference of the Ethiopian Society for Animal Production (ESAP), Haramaya, Ethiopia, 24–26 August 2017
The context for Anticipatory Action in East AfricaILRI
Pastoralists in East Africa make up a large portion of the population and economy but face high risks from drought and climate change that keep them in poverty. Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) programs aim to increase resilience by protecting pastoralist livelihoods from drought losses. Research on IBLI programs in Kenya found they enabled pastoralists to spend on needs they otherwise could not during drought periods, showing the potential for such insurance to reduce vulnerability to climate risks.
Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition: FTA for better food sys...CIFOR-ICRAF
Forests play a crucial role in food security and nutrition in three key ways:
1) Forests directly provide food and generate income that supports food access for over 1 billion people worldwide. Forest foods contribute significantly to dietary diversity and quality.
2) Forests sustain agriculture through ecosystem services like water regulation, soil health, and pollination that support food production.
3) Maintaining forest and landscape diversity increases the resilience of food systems and dependent communities to climate change and other shocks by acting as a safety net during crises.
Terry Sunderland | Key findings from the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) r...CIFOR-ICRAF
Terry Sunderland, Professor of tropical forestry at the University of British Columbia, senior associate at CIFOR, and HLPE project team leader, presented during a seminar on food system resilience on Feb. 12, 2019, organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).
The Social and Economic Value of Trees and Forests ACDI/VOCA
The document discusses the social and economic value of trees and forests for agricultural systems and food security. It defines key terms like resilience and describes different agricultural systems used in the Caribbean. It emphasizes that forests and trees are important for landscape resilience, providing ecosystem services, genetic resources, and food. The Forestry Department's private planting program supports small farmers by providing tree seedlings and technical advice, helping to incorporate trees into agricultural systems.
This document discusses the relationship between forests and achieving SDG 2 of ending hunger and malnutrition. It argues that forests directly and indirectly contribute to targets of ensuring access to food, ending malnutrition, conserving genetic diversity, and supporting smallholder farmers. Integrating forests into agriculture through approaches like agroforestry can help create more sustainable and resilient food production systems. However, challenges remain in changing policies, behaviors, land access issues, and longstanding institutional structures to fully realize the potential of forests for achieving food security goals. The takeaway is that forests are integral, not obstacles, to agriculture and meeting SDG 2 will require recoupling nature and food production through landscape-level integrated approaches.
Diversity, Sustainability and Resilience in Natural Resource Management in Af...SIANI
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Landscape Approach to Forest Conservation: Goo...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given at a session titled "How indigenous peoples use landscapes approaches to conserve forests: Good practices and challenges for food security and livelihoods" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014.
The panel focused on the roles and contributions of indigenous women in landscape forest management. Also, the experiences from REDD+ in Asia were shared, linking it with the land use of indigenous peoples.
basic presentation on agricultural biodiversitymickymouseemail
This document discusses the importance of agricultural biodiversity. It defines agricultural biodiversity as the variety of crops and livestock used in agriculture as well as the genetic diversity within each type. Agricultural biodiversity is the foundation of agriculture as it provides genetic resources and supports ecosystem services. However, modern agriculture has also damaged biodiversity through land conversion and intensification. To address this, farmers need support adopting practices that conserve biodiversity while meeting food demands, such as using diverse crop varieties that are resilient to climate change and pests. Maintaining agricultural biodiversity is crucial for ensuring food security, health, traditional knowledge and adapting to future challenges.
This document discusses the importance of agricultural biodiversity. It defines agricultural biodiversity as including all components of biological diversity relevant to food and agriculture. It notes that agricultural biodiversity is the foundation of agriculture as it is the source of genetic material for crops and livestock and provides ecosystem services. The loss of agricultural biodiversity threatens food security, adaptation to climate change, and livelihoods. While modern agriculture has increased food production, it has also damaged biodiversity through land conversion and intensive practices. Conservation of agricultural biodiversity and traditional knowledge, sustainable agriculture policies and practices, and support for farmers are needed to address this challenge.
Opportunities and constraints in pastoral and agro-pastoral livestock systems...ILRI
Presented by Azaiez Ouled Belgacem, Mounir Louhaichi and Isabelle Baltenweck at the Euro Tier Middle East 2019 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2-4 September 2019
AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM AND THER OUTLINE.pptxAfra Jamal
This presentation involves with the ecosystem of agriculture and their properties, components, types, outline, threats, conservation, genetically modified crops and their impacts
Agroecology as an opportunity to address the challenges of European and Centr...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/429132/
Presentation of Michel Pimbert, from Conventry University, illustrating agroecology as an opportunity to address the challenges of European and Central Asian food and agriculture. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the Regional Symposium on Agroecology in Europe and Central Asia, held in Budapest, Hungary on 23-25 November 2016.
This document discusses pastoralism and its relationship to biodiversity conservation and development. Some key points:
- Pastoralism supports biodiversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels through grazing land management practices that mimic natural ecosystem interactions.
- Pastoralism provides numerous ecosystem goods and services through the vegetation and habitats supported by livestock grazing. However, environmental challenges include overgrazing, water overuse, and wildlife conflicts during drought.
- Supporting pastoralist livelihoods can help reduce poverty and achieve development goals while maintaining cultural relationships with the land and ensuring provision of ecosystem services.
Sustainable intensification of aquaculture - FAO consultation 27 nov2014Michael Phillips
Fish and food security: sustainable intensification of aquaculture
1. Fish is a key source of nutrition, especially in Asia, and demand is growing rapidly as populations and incomes increase.
2. Aquaculture production must more than double by 2050 to meet projected demand, but current practices risk significant environmental impacts if not intensified sustainably.
3. Sustainable intensification focuses on increasing production while reducing environmental impacts through improved technologies, management practices, regulations and inclusive development that benefits small-scale farmers and consumers.
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On 9 and 10 October, the 2023 Landscape Leadership Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to set the scene for the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), the workshop brought together 45 brilliant young minds from Africa and around the world selected from over 700 applicants to drive impactful and transformative change.
Together, we brainstormed out of the box to find landscape solutions to the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, social injustices and other major challenges. We held hands while sharing our feelings about the world. We harnessed the power of art to challenge dominant narratives. We will forever cherish the memories we made, and we will continue to nourish these new relationships with care.
On 9 and 10 October, the 2023 Landscape Leadership Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to set the scene for the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), the workshop brought together 45 brilliant young minds from Africa and around the world selected from over 700 applicants to drive impactful and transformative change.
Together, we brainstormed out of the box to find landscape solutions to the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, social injustices and other major challenges. We held hands while sharing our feelings about the world. We harnessed the power of art to challenge dominant narratives. We will forever cherish the memories we made, and we will continue to nourish these new relationships with care.
On 9 and 10 October, the 2023 Landscape Leadership Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to set the scene for the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), the workshop brought together 45 brilliant young minds from Africa and around the world selected from over 700 applicants to drive impactful and transformative change.
Together, we brainstormed out of the box to find landscape solutions to the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, social injustices and other major challenges. We held hands while sharing our feelings about the world. We harnessed the power of art to challenge dominant narratives. We will forever cherish the memories we made, and we will continue to nourish these new relationships with care.
On 9 and 10 October, the 2023 Landscape Leadership Workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to set the scene for the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference: A New Vision for Earth. Co-designed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), the workshop brought together 45 brilliant young minds from Africa and around the world selected from over 700 applicants to drive impactful and transformative change.
Together, we brainstormed out of the box to find landscape solutions to the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, social injustices and other major challenges. We held hands while sharing our feelings about the world. We harnessed the power of art to challenge dominant narratives. We will forever cherish the memories we made, and we will continue to nourish these new relationships with care.
About the Restoration Experiences Digital Forum
The climate and biodiversity crises are already affecting people and landscapes around the world. But there’s one natural remedy that can tackle them both: restoring degraded and damaged landscapes.
There are already countless restoration projects that are turning degraded landscapes into beacons of hope and resilience. At the Restoration Experiences Digital Forum, we got the chance to get to know some of these projects and meet the people behind them.
Discover how local restoration projects are reshaping landscapes globally, and get inspired to start your own!
Project Presentations Unveiled
These slides showcase the presentations delivered by each restoration experience project. Get to know these amazing restoration champions, and discover the valuable lessons embedded in their successes and challenges. Dive into the milestones that define their journey, and embrace the friendly calls to action they passionately support.
This document summarizes a sustainable grass-fed beef production model in Colombia. It describes using improved genetics to increase cattle productivity and yield on fewer hectares of land. The model aims to maximize resource use through regenerative agricultural practices like automated stolon planting. It also focuses on holistic sustainability through benefits to society, environment, and economy while ensuring animal welfare and landscape preservation. Carbon footprint analysis found the system results in negative emissions and removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits.
The document discusses the AGRI3 Fund, which aims to catalyze $1 billion of public and private capital to support sustainable agriculture, forest protection, and rural livelihoods. The Fund provides guarantees and loans to commercial banks, development finance institutions, and microfinance institutions to de-risk eligible transactions that promote these goals. It is a joint effort between Rabobank, UNEP, FMO, and IDH, and has received $80 million from the Dutch government and Rabobank. The Fund works by providing up to $300 million in guarantees to partner banks to catalyze $1 billion in private commercial debt for sustainable land use projects. It also discusses the challenges of aligning incentives between impact goals and
The document discusses a session on scaling finance for ecosystem restoration. It describes the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which aims to support restoration efforts worldwide from 2021-2030. It also describes the UN Decade Finance Task Force, comprised of 14 members including the World Bank, which seeks to incentivize public and private investments in restoration and create enabling conditions. The task force has produced a stocktake report that identifies emerging solutions to close the financing gap such as harnessing the private sector's growing interest and using innovative instruments and blended finance approaches.
The Restoration Seed Capital Facility (RSCF) provides early-stage funding to support private fund managers and projects focused on forest and landscape restoration, with the goal of mobilizing more private investment in nature; so far the RSCF has supported 7 projects across multiple regions, leading to over $50 million in additional investment; however, challenges remain around the resource intensity required for fund and project development at the necessary scale of investment.
1) Acorn helps smallholder farmers transition to agroforestry by measuring carbon removal from their farms, certifying it as carbon removal units (CRUs), and facilitating access to buyers. Farmers receive 80% of CRU sale proceeds, with 10% going to local partners and 10% to Acorn.
2) One Acre Fund is working on a pilot project in Zambia to involve smallholder farmers in agroforestry and carbon markets. Farmers would plant trees and receive payments for tree survival in the first 3 years, then carbon payments starting in year 4 based on carbon sequestered. Monitoring would be done through in-person and remote sensing.
3) Cooperative
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
3. Forests and ecosystem services
• One billion+ people rely on forest products for consumption and
income in some way (Agrawal et al. 2013)
• Safety-net during times of food and income insecurity (Wunder et al.
2014)
• Wild harvested meat and freshwater fish provides 30-80% of protein
intake for many rural communities (Nasi et al. 2011; McIntyre et al.
2016)
• 75% of worlds population rely on biodiversity for primary health care
(WHO, 2003)
• 40%-80% of global food production comes from diverse smallholder
agricultural systems in complex landscapes (FAO 2011; IFAD 2016)
• Long tradition of managing forests for food – e.g. shifting cultivation
(van Vliet et al. 2011)
• Forests sustaining agriculture through ecosystem services provision
(Foli et al. 2014; Reed et al. 2017)
4. Rattans
• Rattans are climbing palms in the sub-
family Calamoideae, characterised by a
scaly pericarp
• Ca. 600 spp. occurring primarily in SE
Asia and tropical Africa
• Widely utilised throughout their range for
a range of goods and services
• Often an integral component of rural
livelihood strategies
• Also contributes to thriving global
commodity market
5.
6. Percentage of rural households involved in rattan-
related activity by country
9. Indigenous management systems
• Rattan agroforestry is an ideal production
system
• Multi-strata system, managed for a range
of goods and services
• High carbon value
• Highly resilient to economic and
environmental shocks
• Rooted in strong cultural values and
traditional knowledge
• However, emerging economic
opportunities are undermining these
traditions (incl. demography, migration)
10. “When the national and international contexts clearly influence
farmers’ decisions, local people appear very responsive to
economic opportunities. They do not hesitate to change their
livelihood system if it can increase their income. Their cultural
sentimental attachment to the forest is not sufficient to prevent
forest conversion.”
“Oil palm is by far the most profitable, followed by rattan
gardens. Rubber production, at current prices, is not
profitable.”
11. “Our findings show that although
the cultivation of these resources
has proven economic and ecological
potential, particularly in multi-
agroforestry systems, farmer
adoptability has, until now, proven
to be low due to the influence of a
wide range of socio-economic
factors, notably land and resource
tenure issues and the reluctance of
farmers to try new, untested, crops.”