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Agroforestry is not rocket science but it might save DPR Korea

The report published online on 24 March, notes that in DPR Korea, a bottom-up participatory process of developing locally appropriate agroforestry has been a revelation to many and is helping to reverse the chronic food shortages and land degradation of the 1990s.

Xu Jian Chu, lead author of the report and head of the East Asia Node of the World Agroforestry Centre says that, “The emergence of agroforestry as a way of managing sloping land highlights how food technology innovations can take root once social and institutional constraints to land access have been reduced.”

Projects

Mainstreaming climate change in biodiversity planning and conservation in the Philippines
Funding partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Power relations and REDD: unpacking 'carbon rights' and addressing the question of legality in Indonesia.
Funding partner: David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
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Toward a biodiverse rubber estate: quick biodiversity survey of Bridgestone Sumatra Rubber Estate, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Funding partner: Bridgestone Japan.
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Recent Publications

Narisma GT, Vicente MC, Capili-Tarroja EB, Cruz FA, Perez RT, Dayawon RS, Dado JM, Del Castillo MF, Villafuerte II MQ, Loo LC, Olaguer DM, Loyzaga MA, Banaticla-Altamirano MR, Ramos LT, Habito CM and Lasco RD. 2011. Patterns of Vulnerability in the Forestry, Agriculture, Water, and Coastal Sectors of Silago, Southern Leyte, Philippines. In: Maquiling JT,eds. . Manila, Philippines. The Manila Observatory, The World Agroforestry Centre, and The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. 132 p. See detail...
Sheil D, Basuki I, German L, kuyper T, Limberg G, Puri RK, Sellato B, van Noordwijk M and Wollenberg E. 2012. Do Anthropogenic Dark Earths Occur in the Interior of Borneo? Some Initial Observations from East Kalimantan. Forests. 3. (2)P. 207-229. See detail...
Smith P, Davies CA, Ogle S, Zanchi G, Bellarby J, Bird N, Boddey RM, McNamara NP, Powlson D, Cowie A, van Noordwijk M, Davis SC, Richter DD, Kryzanowski L, van Wijk MT, Stuart J, Kirton A, Eggar D, Newton-Cross G, Adhya TK and Braimoh AK. 2012. Towards an integrated global framework to assess the impacts of land use and management change on soil carbon: current capability and future vision. Global Change Biology. . : P. 1-13. URL See detail...
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