We’re close to finalising the results of a UNDP and Colombian Ministry of Environment commissioned study on investment and financial flows required to adapt and mitigate climate change in Colombia, and you can catch a sneak preview of results in the following presentation which we made in a workshop in Bogota last week which was designed to
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Guest post by Neil Palmer, crossposted from CIAT-News …or rather, different kinds of deforestation. The first of these shots shows “classic” slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon. It combines a series of satellite images taken between 1990 and 2000. The coloured clusters depict recently cleared areas of vegetation (purple) and those where vegetation is re-growing
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Today a CIAT-DAPA commissioned research on climate change mitigation in Mesoamerican coffee production has been presented to a variety of stakeholders in the coffee sector through an online webinar. The research quantifies the on-farm carbon stocks in different coffee production systems and evaluates the influence of voluntary standards on climate change mitigation. Based on the results a framework for
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So today, 10/10/10, is Climate Action Day, and worldwide there will be thousands of events around the world to celebrate it.  I thought I would just highlight my favourite three win-win things (contributes to climate mitigation, and increases your production) you should do if you have a farm in the tropics: Establish a silvo-pastoral system
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