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How to integrate remote sensing into the forest carbon market, the right way
April 7, 2023|post
The forest carbon market quantifies and monetizes the climate benefits of preserving and growing healthy forest ecosystems. The industry has seen rapid growth in recent years and is demanding quality and scalability. Standards bodies, such as the American Carbon Registry (ACR), the world’s oldest private greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, are gatekeepers for quality assurance and […]
Give of Yourself a Spirit of Service – Highlighting Winrock International Recruiters Darla Embry and Dr. Olivia Caillouet
April 6, 2023|volunteer
As a proud implementer of volunteer programs around the world, Winrock International is always happy to participate in celebrating and recognizing service. Each year at this time, we join many other organizations nationwide to reflect on volunteerism–particularly around these three questions: “What’s your story?”, “What does service mean to you?” and “Why do you volunteer?” […]
Advancing Organic Agriculture in the Mid-South: Evaluating Systems and Reducing Barriers to Entry
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The U.S. Mid-South region has seen only nominal growth in organic production due in part to the lack of geographically specific production information. The most significant barriers include complex organic crop management and pest control, and the organic certification process.
Winrock’s Aaron Sundsmo joins Devex panel on water security and climate-smart solutions
March 30, 2023|post
Aaron Sundsmo, Winrock’s associate vice president for Agriculture, Resilience and Water, spoke about Winrock’s approach to strengthening water security and supporting climate change adaptation through climate-resilient agriculture practices at Devex’s WASH Works 2023. The Devex panel on March 23rd was held in parallel with the UN 2023 Water Conference to examine “ways in which water, […]
Empowered Women Empower Women – Sharing the Wisdom I’ve Gained from Fourteen Volunteer Assignments
March 30, 2023|volunteer
When asked to write a piece for Women’s History Month, it caused me to quickly reflect over 28 years of working in women’s economic empowerment and perhaps some advances for women I have experienced while working in other countries and cultures. I have just returned from Senegal, where I have spent the last month completing […]
ATLAS Snapshot: Contributing to Thailand’s National Referral Mechanism
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In Thailand, the National Referral Mechanism provides guidelines and mechanisms for the provision of protection and assistance to human trafficking victims and potential victims to agencies across the Thai government. Its completion was a significant advance in combatting human trafficking in the country and contributed to the removal of Thailand from the U.S. State Department’s […]
USAID Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water in Liberia Activity celebrates World Water Day 2023
March 22, 2023|post
MONROVIA, March 22, 2023 ─ On November 1, 2022, the U.S. Agency for International Development/Liberia (USAID/Liberia) awarded Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water in Liberia Activity, implemented by Winrock International in partnership with WaterAid and FEI Consulting LLC. Made possible by the assistance from the American people, this five-year, $17.9 million project aims to elevate […]
Youth Entrepreneur Expands and Improves Her Business After F2F Support
March 22, 2023|volunteer
Over the years, Winrock International’s Farmer-to-Farmer Program has worked with numerous women’s organizations that have shown incredible resilience and determination to succeed. Women like Fatou Titine Cissoko founded Enterprise Fatou et Kadija, a Guinean agribusiness specializing in the solar drying of fruits and producing exotic Guinean drinks. With the help of Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteers, Fatou received […]
The Climate Q&A…
March 20, 2023|post
What is ONE-SL, and what excites you most about the project and its progress in supporting emission reductions from reducing deforestation? The Offset National Emissions through Sustainable Landscapes (ONE-SL) project aims to support countries in developing an operational jurisdictional REDD+ program with nested projects that can attract private sector funding. REDD+ stands for Reducing Emissions […]
Celebrating Women’s Leadership Across the Globe: Highlighting Ghana Country Director Mina H. Lassey
March 16, 2023|volunteer
Investing in women’s leadership means prioritizing and centering women’s perspectives and their lived experiences of the kinds of gender bias and discrimination that drive exploitation. Women’s perspectives and profound personal knowledge of such gendered power structures are the keys to fully understanding vulnerability, preventing exploitation, and advancing sustainable change. Even more importantly, we need to […]