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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, […]
Winrock’s Kevin Brown Contributes to Sustainable Palm Oil Conversation and Debate
August 14, 2014
Winrock’s Kevin Brown was featured as part of an online conversation and debate on palm oil, entitled “We need to talk about peat.” Brown’s contribution explains why we need a landscape-wide perspective on palm oil as a part of policies designed to mitigate global climate change, and is related to an analysis Winrock International did […]
Winrock’s Winsten proposes winning idea to address nutrient pollution in waterways
August 14, 2014
Agricultural and environmental economist Jon Winsten, a program officer at Winrock International, recently provided one of three winning solutions to a White House-sponsored challenge to address nutrient pollution through creative solutions. Nutrient pollution can lead to harmful algal blooms, the death of some aquatic species, contaminated drinking water, and reduced recreational uses of many waterways. […]
Trafficking Survivor Returns Home, Reclaims Hope for Future
July 22, 2014
On a bright, sunny morning in March, 19-year-old Soheli (not her real name) is grinning as she sorts through an assortment of fabric spread throughout the small room at her home in Vacutia, Jessore in Bangladesh. A youthful, easy laugh escapes her mouth during a conversation with some of the village women who have stopped […]
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 […]
Innovative Farming Techniques Good for People and Ecosystems in Bangladesh
May 29, 2014
In the low-lying flatlands of Jatra Pasha in Bangladesh, Gunendra Sen’s lush green vegetable farm is burgeoning with potatoes, tomatoes, beans, squash, lentils and cucumbers. He is a lead farmer for the Winrock-implemented Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project, demonstrating to people in his region that border the Hail Haor, a major wetland in […]
Earl Devaney Joins Winrock International’s Board of Directors
May 28, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 28, 2014) — Winrock International is pleased to announce the election of Earl E. Devaney to its board of directors. Devaney accepted a five-year appointment. Devaney, president of The Devaney Group, provides strategic advice to companies seeking to establish, mature and expand business with the federal government. He is a recognized […]
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 […]
American Carbon Registry Approves Expansion of Rice Sector Emissions Reduction Opportunities to the US Mid-South
March 17, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 17, 2014) — American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International today announced approval of Mid-South modules for its first-of-a-kind carbon offset methodology to quantify greenhouse gas reductions from rice production. The Mid-South modules of the methodology for Emission Reductions in Rice Management Systems were developed by Terra Global […]
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 […]