Call for ‘Voices from the Field’ on Combating Desertification in your Country

2018/8/21

Call for ‘Voices from the Field’ on Combating Desertification in your Country   Submission Guidelines So as to accelerate knowledge-sharing among the AI-CD participating countries, the AI-CD Secretariat is calling for the submission of ‘Voices from the Field’ that deal w…more

[ETHIOPIA-JICA] Participatory Forest Management Project in Belete-Gera

2018/7/27

#Farmer Field School #Forest Coffee Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT Promoting sustainable forest management by improving livelihood through introduction of Farmer Field School and forestry coffee       Do you know where Arabica coffee originated? The answer is Belete-Gera national forest in Ethiopia. Si…more

[MADAGASCAR-JICA] Stop Land Degradation while Improving Livelihood of Local Communities Through Equal-Opportunity-for-All Approach

2018/7/5

#Participatory Approach #Equal Opportunity   Takuya Shiraishi AI-CD Secretariat Support Team / Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. KEY POINTS To harmonize soil conservation and livelihood improvement of local communities, the Government of Madagascar and JICA developed the ‘LIFE model’, which…more

[NIGER] Can urban wastes reduce land degradation in Niger? Unique challenge by a Japanese researcher [Part 2]

2018/6/15

#Land Rehabilitation #Urban Waste   The Republic of Niger belongs to the Sahel region and about 80 % of its land is covered by the Sahara Desert. Near Niamey, the capital city of Niger, a Japanese researcher spread more than 2,000 tons of urban wastes including food scraps, papers, plastic bags…more

[BURKINA FASO-JICA] Participatory and Sustainable Forest Management Project in the Province of Comoé, Burkina Faso

2018/5/28

#Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFPs) #Win-Win Partnership   Project Summary   ✔ KEY POINT New Win-Win Partnership for Community Forest Management Groups, Private Companies, Civil Societies, and Government   The project “Participatory and Sustainable Forest Management in the Province of …more

[MAURITANIA] Land Degradation and Good Practices in Mauritania.

2018/5/22

Published by Mr. Mohamed ALY EL HOR, Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable I. INTRODUCTION OF MAURITANIA Basic Information of Mauritania ◆ Area: 1030700 km² ◆ Capital: Nouakchott ◆ Population: 4 Million In Mauritania, the degradation of ecosystems is becoming more and more se…more

[NIGER-JICA] Can urban wastes reduce land degradation in Niger? Unique challenge by a Japanese researcher [Part 1]

2018/5/15

#Land Rehabilitation #Urban Waste   Niger belongs to the Sahel region and about 80 % of its land is covered by the Sahara Desert. Near Niamey, the capital city of Niger, a Japanese researcher spread more than 2,000 tons of urban wastes including food wastes, papers, plastic bags, flip-flops and…more

[KENYA] [VIDEO] Soil and water conservation structures by Mr.Johson Mulinge

2018/4/2

Interview with Mr.Johson Mulinge about his good practice related to soil and water conservation structures in Makueni County, Kenya – September 29th, 2017 For more information, please visit the website of KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

[BURKINA FASO] Challenge of the TOOM-NOOMA association in rural areas of Burkina Faso

2018/3/7

Published by Mr. Pagabelem Samuel, the president of the TOOM-NOOMA association   It was 5 years ago when I was in college, there were a lot of trees, the forest was present around us and the rain was good too that had given good harvests. But today everything has changed and around me. There is…more

[MALI-JICA] Study on the Capacity Building Programs for the Community-based Prevention of Desertification in South Region of Segou

2018/3/6

#Livelihood Improvement #Integrated Rural Development Approach   Project Summary   ✔ KEY POINT Comprehensive approaches addressing the processes of desertification!! What comes to your mind when you hear “prevention of desertification”? Most people would think “tree planting”, “protection …more