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Delta communities collaborate with Winrock to shape a prosperous future
February 5, 2024
On an unseasonably warm mid-November day in Arkansas, five members of Winrock International’s Board of Directors accompanied a group of U.S.-based senior executives and Winrock program staff on an excursion to a unique destination: the Arkansas Delta. Arkansans know “the Delta” as it’s referred to regionally, but the patchwork of mostly flat, open-field farms and […]
United States and El Salvador inaugurate ultrasonic buoys in the Lempa River
February 2, 2024
This story and photos were originally published by the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador on sv.usembassy.gov. The U.S. Government, through its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided funding for the Upper Lempa River Basin Project. Ambassador Duncan presented ANDA El Salvador with a buoy system that will control harmful algae and ensure the water […]
Rolling Stone cites Winrock International’s carbon assessment work in Florida’s Everglades
January 30, 2024
A feature story in Rolling Stone magazine about impacts of the sugar industry in Florida’s Everglades cites a carbon assessment conducted by Winrock’s Ecosystem Services team. The article, “A Fire in the River: Big Sugar and ‘Black Snow’ in the Everglades,” was published online on Jan. 7, 2024. The story also appears in the magazine’s […]
Winrock International announces 2023 staff photo contest winners
January 24, 2024
At Winrock, we believe in the power of a well-told story. Throughout human history, storytelling has been our best tool for relating, remembering, teaching, influencing and connecting. As the old saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words. This was the origin of the 2023 Winrock photo contest. Entries could focus on any aspect of […]
World’s first carbon credits issued for plugging orphaned oil and gas wells
January 17, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – ACR, an enterprise of Winrock International, announced today the first issuance of carbon credits from plugging orphaned oil and gas wells. Women-led Rebellion Energy Solutions generated the credits by plugging six orphaned wells in its Oklahoma Heartland Methane Abatement & Land Restoration Project. In 2023, ACR published the world’s first methodology […]
Developing climate-responsive agricultural extension and advisory services: lessons and opportunities
January 8, 2024
February 22, 2024GMT-005, 9:00-10:00 am (America, New York) Climate change is affecting the lives of everyone on the planet, with smallholder agricultural producers in low and middle-income countries being disproportionately affected. To mitigate the complex agricultural challenges posed by climate change, there is a need to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes, adapt and build […]
The Climate Q&A…
January 8, 2024
What are some of the challenges people face in accessing potable water in rural parts of Ethiopia? Ethiopia is the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization, 43% of the population does not have access to an improved water source. Ethiopia is in the Horn of Africa region, which […]
How can regenerative grazing for dairy production provide wins for cows, farmers and climate change?
January 3, 2024
By Jonathan Winsten Jon Winsten is an agricultural and environmental economist at Winrock International. Jon works at the interface of agriculture and the environment, focused on climate change and water quality. He pioneered some of the outcome-based incentive mechanisms that help farmers find the most cost-effective strategies to reduce impact on water quality and climate […]
Winrock’s top stories of 2023
January 2, 2024
Winrock joins new Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership Announced at COP28
December 20, 2023
This news release was originally issued Dec. 8, 2023 on jtapartnership.org. DUBAI — The formation of a new Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership, JTAP, was announced today at COP28. The initial group of partner organizations, Conservation International, Climate Law and Policy, Environmental Defense Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Winrock International’s Ecosystem Services Unit, are actively seeking […]