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Improved vegetable production practices increase incomes of smallholder farmers in Nepal
October 21, 2014
Shanta B.K., 33, lives in the Narpani, Arghakhanchi district in western Nepal with her husband and four children. She is a member of the Dalit community, a disadvantaged group in Nepal, but despite the challenges she faces, Shanta has been determined to improve her livelihood by becoming a commercial farmer. By participating in KISAN trainings […]
Emerging From Tragedy: Tree Nursery Gives Woman New Hope, Income Source
October 9, 2014
Community Patrolling Groups (CPGs) in Bangladesh are at the frontlines of forest protection, confronting illegal logging and poachers in an effort to save forests and biodiversity in protected areas. There are 75 CPGs working to protect 43,974 hectares of bio-diverse forest areas in Bangladesh. Since CPGs began patrolling in 2006, two CPG members have been […]
Biodiversity Restoration from Small Seeds to Tall Trees
September 22, 2014
In some of the last remnants of tropical forest north of Cox’s Bazar in the southeastern corner of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh declared two protected areas: Fashiakhali Wildlife Sanctuary and Medakacchapia National Park. Established in 2007 and 2004, respectively, these protected areas together preserve nearly 1,700 hectares of forest area. However, even with protected-area […]
Peter Mbuya
September 14, 2014
Though it has taken nearly 30 years, Peter Mbuya, a 52 year-old farmer from Bwage Village, is on the cusp of achieving a long-cherished dream. “Owning a car has always been my vision… the goal that pushes me to develop further and continue to struggle for my family.” says Peter. Improved access to water has […]
Lavina Venance
September 14, 2014
A year ago, Lavina Venance would have been dubious if you had told her she would now have her own vegetable business. But thanks to Winrock International and the USAID-funded Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (iWASH) Program, this young mother of two in Bwage, Tanzania, is becoming a successful entrepreneur. Before the iWASH Program, gardening […]
Juma Mape
September 14, 2014
After surviving a near-fatal motorbike accident, Juma Mape has reason to believe luck is on his side. But his biggest lucky break was in 2010, when he started working with Winrock International through the USAID-funded Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (iWASH) Program. Through iWASH, Juma was transformed from a part-time worker in a dead-end job, […]
Sandra Brown Presented with USDA Forest Service Tropical Forest Conservation Award
June 12, 2014
Dr. Sandra Brown, chief scientist for Winrock International’s Ecosystem Services Unit, was recently presented with the USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) Tropical Forest Conservation Award in recognition of her work as the IITF’s most prolific research cooperator. Brown worked with IITF researchers starting in 1980 and jointly published more than 150 scientific […]
Gauging the impact of tropical forest logging: Winrock develops new method for quantifying carbon emissions
April 2, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va. (April 2, 2014) — Researchers at Winrock International have developed a first-of-its-kind method for estimating carbon emissions from forest degradation caused by selective logging in tropical regions. Refined over a period of 15 years and tested in six countries, the approach is highlighted in an article authored by Winrock’s Ecosystems Services experts, Timothy […]
Burkinabé Households Upgrades Traditional Well
March 13, 2014
The Zongo family spends an average of two hours each day collecting water in their village of Tiogo Mossi, Burkina Faso. Given the difficulty of obtaining water, this family of 4 adults and 13 children tries to minimize the quantity of water they use for drinking, cooking, bathing and cleaning. Though they raise a few pigs around the homestead, insufficient […]
Ken Andrasko Named Director of Winrock’s Ecosystem Services
March 5, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va. (March 5, 2014) — Winrock International announced today that Ken Andrasko will become the organization’s new director of Ecosystem Services, succeeding Sandra Brown, who will continue at Winrock in her role as chief scientist of the Environment Group. Andrasko formerly served as senior carbon finance & methodology specialist with the World Bank’s Carbon […]