Pongamia tree, growing where other species can't, gains attention
2021年8月27日 · In Indonesia, oil-rich pongamia tree gains attention growing where other species can’t. Scientists wake up to pongamia’s potentials, from fueling jets to improving coffee quality. by Monica Evans. 20 December 2021. It’s difficult to get things growing on degraded lands. Stripped of their original forest cover, drained of moisture, and ...
A brief explainer of the landscape approach - #ThinkLandscape
2019年8月6日 · Basically, a landscape approach aims to reconcile competing objectives for allocating and managing land to achieve a ‘triple bottom line’ of sorts, including social, economic and environmental success. It carries massive potential to help achieve this balance in areas where use of land – for agriculture, livestock, mining and other forms ...
Where is climate change heading in 2022? - #ThinkLandscape
2022年1月10日 · Most plants have trouble growing on degraded lands, but not the oil-rich pongamia tree, which is thriving in Indonesia’s barren landscapes. In China, staple foods are being threatened by sharp rises in crop pests and diseases, which have quadrupled in the past 50 years, a new study finds.
Pakistan is on its way to planting 10 billion trees. Here’s how
08 June 2021. Pakistan is embarking on an ambitious plan: to plant 10 billion trees across the country by 2023, in order to restore landscapes while providing much-needed employment. Popularly known as the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, this project entails both planting and naturally regenerating forests, and might possibly serve as a pilot for ...
AFR100: Restoring the future of Africa - #ThinkLandscape
2021年12月20日 · Siyabulela Sokomani, co-owner of South Africa’s Shoots & Roots company, which brings Indigenous tree-planting to disadvantaged areas; Tabi Joda, the Cameroonian coordinator of the One Billion Trees for Africa campaign; and ; Joseph Tsongo, a radio journalist reporting environmental stories from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Restor platform sees restoration data come with just a click on a …
2021年12月6日 · Additional support, in the form of a USD 1.2 million grant from Google.org, is helping the Restor team test new methods and technologies to monitor ecosystem restoration progress by collecting data on indicators such as tree size and forest density, soil moisture and vegetation structure from various restoration projects currently underway.
Q+A: Indonesian community enterprises partner to realize U.N ...
2018年5月24日 · We make up the rest by procuring unbleached cotton threads from Surabaya. Our dyes are 100 percent Watublapi grown: indigo, noni, turmeric, hummingbird trees and star gooseberry. As a color fixation agent we add loba, the leaves of a Symplocos tree species endemic to Ende (about four hours’ drive west from Watublapi). Access to (fresh) water ...
INTERVIEW: Prioritize smallholder cultivation of oil palm in …
2021年12月20日 · According to Indonesia’s Statistics Agency, oil palm tree plantations cover 12 million hectares of land—an area roughly the size of North Korea—mostly on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. In other parts of the Indonesian archipelago, oil palm plantations are growing rapidly as well, especially on the island of Sulawesi and in the ...
Managing a village forest – a matter of commitment
2019年6月20日 · In Indonesia, oil-rich pongamia tree gains attention growing where other species can’t. December 20 ...
Q+A: Challenges of producing and marketing sustainable fashion …
2018年5月30日 · In Indonesia, oil-rich pongamia tree gains attention growing where other species can’t. December 20 ...