ELTI Gathers Information for New Online Training Program

The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) is developing a Web-Based Training and Certificate Program that aims to strengthen the capacity of students and field practitioners to design and implement forest conservation/restoration strategies.

Rain Forest Restoration Initiative Seminar Series: Green Mondays

The Rain Forest Restoration Initiative (RFRI) is a network of non-government organizations, governmental institutions, and universities working together to promote the use of native tree species for forest restoration and other land-use management objectives in the Philippines. The

Forest Governance & Policy Workshop in Singapore

Ongoing deforestation and forest degradation within Southeast Asia has placed its ecosystems, and the people whose livelihoods depend on them, under acute stress. Despite this historical record, increased optimism and concerted global efforts to address global forest challenges are

Workshop on Reforestation with Native Trees Species in Singapore

After clearing most of its native vegetation in 19th century, Singapore is now taking progressive steps toward conserving its remaining forests and expanding tree cover across the island. In its effort to become “a city in a garden”, in contrast with the more common approach of having

ELTI supports conference on Landscape-Scale Restoration

On January 26-28, the Yale Student Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters held their 18th annual conference at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in New Haven, Connecticut. The conference, titled Strategies for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the

Sustainability Strategies for Connectivity Corridors

Cattle-ranching is not only an economic activity, but a way of life. Most traditional cattle-ranchers will balk at the idea of growing trees or shrubs on their pastures and taking space away from planting improved varieties of grass. This tends to be a “cultural norm” of the industry, and the

APASPE shares their project story with the Pedasí community

As part of their outreach and communications strategy, last week the board members of APASPE gave a talk to explain their current work on silvopastoral systems in Los Asientos. The Azuero Earth Project hosted the talk, as part of their efforts to disseminate information about ongoing

Latest workshop for APASPE members in Los Asientos, Panama

Since June 2010, the Asociación de Productores Pecuarios y Agrosilvopastoriles de Pedasí (APASPE) has been implementing a small silvopastoral and reforestation project in Panama's Azuero Pensinsula. The project is funded through GEF's Small Grants Programme (SGP), and has

ELTI takes part in the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference – Panama

On October 1-7, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its inter-sessional meeting in Panama as a precursor to the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17), scheduled to take place in December in Durban, South Africa. More than 3000 country delegates

Forest Restoration Conference in Indonesia

Indonesia has tens of millions of hectares of degraded land resulting from unsustainable land-use practices including logging, agricultural conversion, mining, infrastructure development, and fires. As a consequence, vast areas have experienced the loss of biological diversity and