INVITATION

Reforesting Africa – the contested role of smallholders

Time: September 26th, 2019, 8:30-11:30

Place: MTK, Simonkatu 6, 00100 Helsinki

World Vision and MTK/FFD warmly welcome you to a breakfast seminar to discuss reforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa, from the perspective of smallholder farmers. Tony Rinaudo, an internationally awarded agronomist and the father of the Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) method, will give a presentation on his unique insights and experiences from agricultural-forestry-pastoral systems in Africa. The focus is on FMNR - a low-cost, transformational and sustainable land restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger and to increase the quality of life for subsistence farmers in developing countries.

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on the alternative approaches to reforestation, revealing the highly complex issues such as the conflict between supply and demand of timber, land use, ownership and governance, and conservation that are often overlooked in forest management projects. The seminar is aimed at scholars, practitioners and other professionals working with the theme.

The agenda is attached. Register yourself via email (petra.matsi@worldvision.fi). Please confirm your attendance by September 23rd.

More information about FMNR:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/14/reforesting-world-australian-farmer-240m-trees

https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/2018-announcement/tony-rinaudo/

Invitation forwarded by

Niina Tenhio

Asiantuntija, kehityspolitiikka | Fingo

+358 50 317 6726 | niina.tenhio@fingo.fi

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