agroforestry Archives - Global Landscapes Forum

Shade-grown coffee in Colombia benefits soil hydraulic conductivity

Global Landscapes Forum AR — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:20 +0000

Unveiling the impact of land use on soil hydrology in tropical environments

This study in La Jagua de Ibirico, Colombia, compares soil hydraulic characteristics in shade-grown coffee, a 15-year-old regenerated forest, pasture, and reference forest. Findings indicate similarities in saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) between coffee and the reference forest, showcasing agroforestry’s positive impact on soil hydrological functions. Moreover, 15 years of forest regeneration after land abandonment demonstrate improvements in soil hydraulic attributes, highlighting the potential for positive ecological outcomes.

Key takeaways

Agroforestry boosts hydrological function: Shade-grown coffee exhibits comparable saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) values to the reference forest, showcasing the positive impact of trees on soil hydrological functioning in agroforestry systems.
Forest regeneration improves soil attributes: After 15 years of regeneration, the formerly abandoned Sub-Andean Forest shows enhanced soil hydraulic attributes, emphasizing the positive ecological effects of forest regrowth on soil health.
Water repellency in reference forest: Soil water repellency is observed in the reference forest, shedding light on additional soil characteristics that contribute to the complexity of soil hydrology in tropical environments.

The post Shade-grown coffee in Colombia benefits soil hydraulic conductivity appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Low cost and easy to implement physical and hydrological soil assessment of shade-grown coffee in Santa Rosa, Guatemala

Global Landscapes Forum AR — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:46:16 +0000

Unlocking coffee agroecosystems secrets

This book explores the impact of coffee agroecosystems on soil hydrological functions, focusing on the potential benefits and challenges associated with land-use change. Utilizing low-cost methodologies like the Steady Simplified Beerkan Infiltration (SSBI) method and visual soil assessment (VSA), the study examines various land-use types in Guatemala. Key findings highlight the positive influence of shade trees on soil hydrological properties and the microclimatic benefits of leaf litter in seven-year-old shade-grown coffee. The book concludes with a recommendation for regular monitoring to understand the temporal variability in tropical land-use systems.

Key takeaways

Shade trees boost hydrological properties: Thirty-year-old shade-grown coffee (CN) exhibits the highest saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) values, indicating that shade trees positively impact soil hydrological properties in coffee agroecosystems.
Microclimatic benefits of leaf litter: Seven-year-old shade-grown coffee (CP) demonstrates higher soil volumetric water content (VWC) and a significant positive effect of leaf litter on soil temperature, highlighting the positive impact of leaf litter on microclimatic conditions and soil moisture.
Effective low-cost methodologies: The Steady Simplified Beerkan Infiltration (SSBI) method, coupled with visual soil assessment (VSA), proves to be a cost-effective and easily implementable approach for assessing soil hydraulic and physical characteristics in various land-use types.

The post Low cost and easy to implement physical and hydrological soil assessment of shade-grown coffee in Santa Rosa, Guatemala appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

TERRAGRN: Sustainable bamboo in South Africa

Global Landscapes Forum WT — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 03:25:12 +0000

About the 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium

Hosted in Luxembourg and online, GLF–Luxembourg Finance for Nature 2023: What comes next? united 4,500 participants from 160 countries around how finance can solve – rather than exacerbate – the climate and biodiversity crises. The event featured 106 speakers and 100 global and local partner organizations and reached 10 million people on social media, with more than 230,000 engagements.

TERRAGRN on sustainable bamboo in South Africa

In this video, South African restoration venture TERRAGRN‘s CEO, Sundar Bharadwaj pitches its work to investors in a Dragons’ Den-style session at GLF–Luxembourg Finance for Nature 2023.

The post TERRAGRN: Sustainable bamboo in South Africa appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Strengthening forestry value chains for small forest owners and SMEs as a target groups

glfontenteditor — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:04:52 +0000

About the 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium

About the session

ADA Microfinance holds long-standing expertise in microfinance in agriculture in Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia. More recently, since 2022, it has supported the strengthening of forestry value chains through support to small forest owners and wood processing SMEs in Guatemala, pursuing the double objective of enhanced resilience and environmental sustainability.

The session provides insights on lessons learned from these experiences on two continents and an outlook on future activities for which ADA is looking for partners.

The post Strengthening forestry value chains for small forest owners and SMEs as a target groups appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Cooperative Carbon Finance: enabling smallholder agroforestry at scale through carbon markets

glfontenteditor — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 03:11:07 +0000

About the 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium

About this session

How can we leverage the potential of carbon markets to enable smallholders to transition to agroforestry at scale? Smallholders are responsible for 80% of human-consumed food production but are hit hardest by climate change despite having contributed little to it. Furthermore, smallholders lack access to traditional financial means to diversify their business model, become more climate resilient & improve their livelihoods. As just 1.7% of current climate finance flows to smallholders, we need new solutions. Projects making use of carbon finance have a lot of potentials if implemented well. In this session, Acorn (Rabobank) and One Acre Fund discuss how.

Resources

Website

Video: How small-scale farmers are helping companies offset emissions

Video: Climate solutions in action: ACORN platform enables farmers to capture and trade carbon emissions

Publication: The Acorn Framework for voluntary, ex-post, agroforestry carbon removal units

Publication: One Acre Fund – connecting climate financing with the people who need it the most

Publication: Growing the community you serve

Infographic: Carbon farming with Rabobank

Presentation: Cooperative carbon finance

The post Cooperative Carbon Finance: enabling smallholder agroforestry at scale through carbon markets appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Cooperative carbon finance

kneditor — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:47:29 +0000

Presented by Tim Diphoorn, Ineke Keers, and Max Berkelmans from Rabobank at the 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium.

The post Cooperative carbon finance appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2022

kneditor — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:25:06 +0000

Forest pathways for green recovery and building inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies

The 2022 edition of The State of the World’s Forests explores the potential of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the pledge of 140 countries to eliminate forest loss by 2030 and to support restoration and sustainable production and consumption.

The three interrelated pathways are halting deforestation and maintaining forests; restoring degraded lands and expanding agroforestry, and sustainably using forests and building green value chains. The balanced, simultaneous pursuit of these pathways can generate sustainable economic and social benefits for countries and their rural communities, help sustainably meet the increasing global demand for materials, and address environmental challenges.

The State of the World’s Forests 2022 presents evidence on the feasibility and value of the pathways and outlines initial steps that could be taken to further pursue them. There is no time to lose – action is needed now to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5 °C, reduce the risk of future pandemics, ensure food security and nutrition for all, eliminate poverty, conserve the planet’s biodiversity, and offer young people hope of a better world and a better future for all.

The post The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2022 appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Forest-based adaptation

kneditor — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:44:48 +0000

Presentation by FAO during GLF Climate 2022: Frontiers of Change along the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC), held from 6 November until 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Download the Publication Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees

The post Forest-based adaptation appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

Virtual tour: exchanging experiences with sustainable landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon

kneditor — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:13:57 +0000

GLF Climate: Frontiers of Change

Hosted on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and online, GLF Climate 2022: Frontiers of Changeunited 7,000 participants from 164 countries and rallied over 27 million people on social media around what humanity can still do to avoid the worsening impacts of the climate crisis.

Featuring 228 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and government leaders, and 96 incredible partner organizations, the second edition of GLF Climate called for a just transition to a stewardship economy that puts people and nature first.

Preserving the forest with agroforestry

Join us for a virtual tour of the Peruvian Amazon to learn about the efforts to preserve the forest, the people who live there, and how agroforestry initiatives can combine human and natural well-being. The tour was recorded during an event to promote the exchange of experiences between multiple stakeholders, organized by the GCF Task Force in October 2022.

The GCF Task Force is a Coalition of 39 subnational governments from 10 countries across the world dedicated to reducing deforestation and advancing equitable and low-emissions developments in their regions.

Learn more about the GCF Task Force.

The post Virtual tour: exchanging experiences with sustainable landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon appeared first on Global Landscapes Forum.

TreesAdapt: trees and forests to adapt agriculture, land and people

kneditor — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:05:09 +0000

GLF Climate: Frontiers of Change

Launching the new TreesAdapt partnership platform

TreesAdapt is CIFOR-ICRAF’s response with partners to the huge demand for climate change adaptation. It aims to be a one-stop for solutions on how to leverage forests, trees, and agroforestry to adapt agriculture, land, and people and to support countries and actors in cross-sectoral implementation.

Forests and tree-based systems are key to food security for millions of smallholders. Trees make farming and food systems more resilient, limiting the impact of heat waves. Trees create better microclimates and help better manage water from plot to landscape, limiting the impact of flooding and erosion. Forests and trees can support the resilience of sectors like energy and water.

Download the session presentation Trees Adapt