#agroforestry tag

Brazil must beef up its COP30 scheme to preserve tropical forests

The proposal for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) , which Brazil is set to launch at the COP30 climate meeting in Belém next month, will offer countries financial incentives to halt deforestation across more than one billion hectares of tropical forests. But the low payment rate of US$4 per hectare risks undervaluing such lands. The reliance on simplistic metrics for tree cover might enable bad actors to meet standards while harming forests.

Environment

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month ago

Food forests are everything': creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands

Afro-descendant communities manage about 200 million hectares of agroforestry landscapes in Latin America, yet only about 5% of those lands have collective legal recognition.

Agriculture

fromDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine

2 months ago

Coffee Farmers in Laos Say Agroforestry Requires More Than Mere Advice

Agroforestry offers a sustainable solution for protecting coffee crops from extreme weather, but farmers require better pricing support to adopt it.

Coffee

fromDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine

3 months ago

Farm Africa Outlines Model for Boosting Farmer Incomes While Curbing Deforestation

Coffee grown in agroforestry systems provides significant environmental and economic advantages over and above that grown on deforested land.

Agriculture

fromModern Farmer

5 months ago

Silvopasture: Why We Need Trees on Grazing Land

Silvopasture integrates trees, forage, and livestock, providing ecological and economic benefits to farmers in response to climate change.

Environment

fromwww.aljazeera.com

5 months ago

With song and seed

The Maxakali people in Brazil are using traditional agroforestry practices to combat climate change and restore biodiversity in their region.