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Interactive Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
by , , , , and -The synthesis document of the Interactive Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea (V1.0) gives an overview of the forest sector in Equatorial Guinea through 2013. It starts with a discussion of forest legislation and follows with information about land use allocation and land cover types in the...
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Looking in the Pipes of Climate Adaptation Finance
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The amount of adaptation finance has increased in recent years, at least in part as a result of agreements reached at the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009. In the past year, Oxfam, WRI, Overseas Development Institute, and civil society networks in Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda and Zambia have been working together to figure out just how much adaptation finance has been flowing to these four countries and where it’s going. It’s a bit like trying to figure out the tangle of plumbing and pipes in an old house. There is money for climate change adaptation coming from different sources, flowing through different channels, and being used for different purposes.
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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: Success Stories from Burkina Faso
This video, produced by the MARP Network, documents some success stories related to the implementation of Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration--or "re-greening"--by local farmers in Burkina Faso.
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Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea (Data Set)
Please see our Congo Basin Forest Atlases page for the latest versions of our Congo Basin Atlases, along with links to online interactive maps, desktop mapping applications, GIS data, po
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Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management
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Innovative farmers are beginning to demonstrate how agroforestry and other relatively simple practices can significantly boost food production in Africa’s drylands. In fact, according to a new WRI working paper, improving land and water management on just 25 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s 300 million hectares of prime cropland would result in an additional 22 million tons of food. This strategy could go a long way towards sustainably feeding Africa—and the world.
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Q&A with African Risk Capacity: How Innovative Financing Models Can Build Climate Change Resilience
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Communities across the world continue to experience weather-induced food shortages due to drought, floods, devastating wildfires, and other climate change impacts. This week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)is meeting to discuss how the GCF will receive and disburse money through various financial inputs and instruments.
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Forest Atlas of the Central African Republic
Please see our Congo Basin Forest Atlases page for the latest versions of our Congo Basin Atlases, along with links to online interactive maps, desktop mapping applications, GIS data, po
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République du Congo: Situation de Découpage Forestier en Mars 2013
Cette carte montre les catégories d'utilisation des terres dans le domaine forestier permanent au 31 décembre 2013. Elle donne des informations détaillées (nombre et en superficie) sur les unités forestières d'exploitation, les aires protégées et des réserves.
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République du Congo: Situation de Découpage Forestier en 2011
Cette carte montre les catégories d'utilisation des terres dans le domaine forestier permanent au 31 décembre 2011.
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Equatorial Guinea Increases Protected Forests by 63 Percent, Shows New Atlas
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Las áreas protegidas en Guinea Ecuatorial se incrementaron en un 60 por ciento, según nuevo Atlas
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La superficie des aires protégées a augmenté de 63% en Guinée Équatoriale, révèle le nouvel Atlas Forestier
by , and -Interactive Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
The synthesis document of the Interactive Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea (V1.0) gives an overview of the forest sector in Equatorial Guinea through 2013. It starts with a discussion of forest legislation and follows with information about land use allocation and land cover types in the...
Looking in the Pipes of Climate Adaptation Finance
by and -The amount of adaptation finance has increased in recent years, at least in part as a result of agreements reached at the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009. In the past year, Oxfam, WRI, Overseas Development Institute, and civil society networks in Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda and Zambia have been working together to figure out just how much adaptation finance has been flowing to these four countries and where it’s going. It’s a bit like trying to figure out the tangle of plumbing and pipes in an old house. There is money for climate change adaptation coming from different sources, flowing through different channels, and being used for different purposes.
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: Success Stories from Burkina Faso
This video, produced by the MARP Network, documents some success stories related to the implementation of Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration--or "re-greening"--by local farmers in Burkina Faso.
Forest Atlas of Equatorial Guinea (Data Set)
Please see our Congo Basin Forest Atlases page for the latest versions of our Congo Basin Atlases, along with links to online interactive maps, desktop mapping applications, GIS data, po
Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management
by and -Innovative farmers are beginning to demonstrate how agroforestry and other relatively simple practices can significantly boost food production in Africa’s drylands. In fact, according to a new WRI working paper, improving land and water management on just 25 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s 300 million hectares of prime cropland would result in an additional 22 million tons of food. This strategy could go a long way towards sustainably feeding Africa—and the world.
Q&A with African Risk Capacity: How Innovative Financing Models Can Build Climate Change Resilience
by and -Communities across the world continue to experience weather-induced food shortages due to drought, floods, devastating wildfires, and other climate change impacts. This week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)is meeting to discuss how the GCF will receive and disburse money through various financial inputs and instruments.
Forest Atlas of the Central African Republic
Please see our Congo Basin Forest Atlases page for the latest versions of our Congo Basin Atlases, along with links to online interactive maps, desktop mapping applications, GIS data, po