Building Capacity on Forests and Water
A collaboration between FAO and WeForest
Did you think we could transform entire landscapes in just 10 years?
In the village of Kinesi in Tanzania, distributing trees makes a real difference for the community as well as for the environment.
Trees in the spotlight
Trees have many benefits: they harbor CO2, they create homes for wildlife, they produce oxygen and so on. That’s why each tree species deserves to be in the spotlight. Today, it’s time to introduce the Pyrus pashia.
“It’s the long term that we care for”
“It’s the long term that we care for,” WeForest CEO Marie-Noelle Keijzer told Irish magazine Sillicon Republic.
The fires in south-central Africa
Nasa satellite imagery shows that there are more fires in south central African countries such as Zambia and Malawi, amongst others, than there are in the Amazon. What is going on there?
Brazil: Should we stay or should we go?
The Amazon is burning and Brazil’s government is refusing to take responsibility. Does it still make sense for WeForest to stay active there and even develop two new restoration projects? Short answer: Yes, it very much does.
Singing for Trees
Cath Grant shared this song with WeForest, signifying the ecological importance of trees.
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
The book Climate-Smart Agriculture: Enhancing Resilient Agricultural Systems, Landscapes, and Livelihoods in Ethiopia and Beyond was recently published by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) with contributing editors from WeForest, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Oregon State University and Mekelle University.
350 million trees in ONE day!
Marie Noelle Keijzer, CEO of WeForest and Peter Kanowski, Professor of Forestry at the Australian National University comment on the Australian ABC radio about Ethiopia planting more than 350 million trees in ONE day!
Without women we have no chance of succeeding
Women empowerment is key across our projects as well as taking into account their specific needs and availability, compared to men; without it, WeForest’s mission has no chance of succeeding.
