Research for Development Partnership to enhance role of #forests, #trees & #agroforestry in sustainable development, food security & climate change
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FTA Partnership retweeted
29 Jul 2022
🌳 @CIFOR-ICRAF is committed to deliver demand-driven, actionable evidence of the
solutions that forests and trees can bring to global crises.
Learn more about our approaches to transforming land use, livelihoods, and building resilient landscapes.
▶️: bit.ly/3PGR2FJ
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21 Jul 2022
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21 Jul 2022
Future of new @FTA_Partnership discussed this evening at side event at #worldagroforestrycongress. More engagement anticipated with academic institutions such as @ubcforestry among others? We hope so!
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30 Jun 2022
#Blog: Huge potential for sustainability with natural #rubber, experts say. This incredible species could help smallholders mitigate and adapt to climate change while sustaining 40 million livelihoods.
🔗forestsnews.cifor.org/78076/…
#WFCKorea #ForestsNews
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22 Jun 2022
💡 #Innovation spotlight
The Agroforestry Switchboard 2.0 is a “one-stop-shop” to retrieve data about a particular plant species across a wide range of information sources. It especially supports research on trees and tree-based development activities⤵️
bit.ly/3y60dcb
22 Jun 2022
Safeguarding genetic resources is vital to ensure #climate resilience, #livelihoods and #FSN. FTA has worked 10 years improving the #diversity and genetic quality of tree seeds and seedlings that are supplied to farmers, foresters and others.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HDif8Q
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22 Jun 2022
#Blog: researchers have developed a software package that can help predict how trees and other organisms will change genetically because of #climatechange. It can ultimately assist farmers in breeding and selecting hardier crop species.
🔗 bit.ly/3n5aYp4 @CIFOR-@ICRAF
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FTA Partnership retweeted
21 Jun 2022
21 Jun 2022
#New #FTAPartnership logo:
🍃 The tree outline has a double meaning, representing the path towards achieving the #SDGs with forests, trees and agroforestry
🍃The veins on the leaf backdrop represent the interconnectivity of a partnership network
Stay tuned for more updates!
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21 Jun 2022
Global collaboration to achieve the #SDGs requires partnerships with at least 4 categories of actors:
🗺️ Regional or thematic alliances
🎓 Universities
🔬 National-level R4D actors
🤝 Local actors/NGOs/CSOs
#FTAPartnership's members are now discussing engagement strategies.
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21 Jun 2022
"We have a strong base to constitute a new #FTAPartnership," said Vincent Gitz at a @CIFOR-@ICRAF #ScienceWeek2022 event. Together, the partners will engage in
✔️ Knowledge and solutions generation
✔️Evidence-based advocacy
✔️Operational engagement with stakeholders
👀 And more
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21 Jun 2022
#New #FTAPartnership logo:
🍃 The tree outline has a double meaning, representing the path towards achieving the #SDGs with forests, trees and agroforestry
🍃The veins on the leaf backdrop represent the interconnectivity of a partnership network
Stay tuned for more updates!
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FTA Partnership retweeted
18 Jun 2022
📚 #Publication: While landscape restoration has the potential to #restore ecosystem function, understanding the drivers of #degradation is critical for prioritizing and tracking interventions.
🔗: bit.ly/3m7nOTE
#United4Land
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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9 Jun 2022
🌳 ➡️ 🍽️ #FromTreetoFork
You may have tasted tamarind chutney before - a popular sauce in Indian cuisine - but did you know it is rich in iron, vitamin B9 and contains 40% more protein than the same serving of avocado?
Discover this nutritious fruit! bit.ly/3t2tcth
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9 Jun 2022
#Publication: In Indonesia, an integrated Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) approach has been proposed as one solution to address degraded lands. However, land competition is fierce. Discover opportunities and challenges for #policy integration.
🔗 bit.ly/3NzyNRb
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FTA Partnership retweeted
6 Jun 2022
Together for global challenges.🌍
@CIFOR-ICRAF Science Week is underway.🎉 Our teams in 🇰🇪 Nairobi and Bogor 🇮🇩 have gathered to discuss solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.
#ScienceWeek2022
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FTA Partnership retweeted
7 Jun 2022
"#ClimateChange cannot be separated from #FoodInsecurity, loss of #Biodiversity and #Pollution...Farmers have neither the means nor the tools and resources, more investment is needed and farmers know what to do!"
@vargasfao interview @CNBC youtu.be/NJhpoYwAqFA via @YouTube
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6 Jun 2022
Follow @ICRAF's coverage of #ScienceWeek2022 in the thread below ⤵️. These sessions bring @CIFOR-@ICRAF staff together to share their insights and research for addressing key global challenges.
6 Jun 2022
How to achieve food & nutrition security?
▪️A bold transformation of food systems is urgently needed.
▪️Critical policy shifts are needed to support sustainable food Systems.
▪️Diversity, coordination and strong scientific agenda are needed to support these goals
#ScienceWeek
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6 Jun 2022
The TPPs centre around:
Agroecology: bit.ly/3qthXYZ
Bioeconomy: bit.ly/3asfics
Transforming the Quality of Tree Planting (TQTP): bit.ly/3xlUq20
Landscape restoration: bit.ly/2RdGjtc
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6 Jun 2022
The TPPs cont...
Nutri-scapes: bit.ly/3miOrEF
Rainfed agriculture
REDD
...plus two more potential partnership platforms for soil health and climate change adaptation.
FTA Partnership retweeted
2 Jun 2022
Soil health is crucial for tackling #food insecurity, #climatechange, & building resilience, yet each year it becomes further degraded.
@ca4sh_global advocates for multi-stakeholder action for scaling up global mechanisms to address #soil health globally.
forestsnews.cifor.org/77440/…
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