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USAID Marks Earth Day with Completion of its Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project
May 4, 2021|post
Ho Chi Minh City, April 22, 2021 — Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) hosted an Earth Day event in Da Lat city to mark the completion of the USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project and launch the new USAID Sustainable Forest Management project and […]
Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Project
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Cambodia continues to face the threat of human trafficking of some of its citizens who migrate abroad for employment opportunities and fall prey to exploitative recruiters or employers in destination countries, particularly Thailand. In recent years, the country has also become a significant destination for TIP for forced criminality, with tens of thousands of non-Cambodians […]
ART Welcomes the Launch of the LEAF Coalition
April 22, 2021|post
April 22, 2021 – The Secretariat of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), hosted by Winrock International, welcomes today’s announcement of the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition, a public-private initiative which aims to raise global climate ambition and mobilize at least $1 billion in results-based finance for the protection of tropical forests. […]
Episode 2: Dr. Blanca Bernal on Blue Carbon
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“Coastal marshes can capture up to 10 times the amount of carbon that an average upland forest would.” Winrock’s Dr. Blanca Bernal explains how coastal ecosystems capture and store “blue carbon” and why protecting the world’s diminishing coastal ecosystems is critical in the fight against climate change.
Scaling Up Solar Pumps for Irrigation and Domestic Water Use in Ethiopia: The Role of Blended Finance
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By Rishikesh Bhandary,Kyle Karber, Easwaran Narassimhana, and Bikash Pandey | October2020 Solar pumps have the potential to help meet household and agriculture-related water needs in Ethiopia. With Ethiopia’s electrification rate standing at only 45%, solar pumps would enable energy access and create multiple co-benefits.1 Currently, diesel pumps are used in most rural agricultural applications. This […]
National Volunteer Week 2021
April 19, 2021|volunteer
April 18th to the 24th is National Volunteer Week in the United States which gives us all a chance to stop, reflect, and shine a light on the people and causes that inspire us to serve. As North America awakens to spring and the sense of a renewed optimism, what better time to take a […]
Announcing Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER) Caribbean
April 15, 2021|post
The Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER) Project is now working in the Caribbean, where it is demonstrating how implementing partners can engage the private sector in reducing deforestation pressures and enhancing carbon stocks through investments in intercropping, cover crop development and agroforestry, thus encouraging more resilient value chains. PIER’s work in Jamaica, Dominican Republic, […]
The Climate Q&A…
March 23, 2021|post
How did you become interested in water issues? After college graduation, I joined the Peace Corps, which put me in water and sanitation for two years in Peru. After that I attended graduate school to study public administration. I joined Winrock in 2013 on a fellowship with the Congressional Hunger Center to work on food […]
The Climate Q&A…
March 18, 2021|post
What are the chief goals for Winrock’s environment and energy work this year? With the re-set of U.S. engagement on climate change, we’re at an exciting juncture both with the Environment and Energy (E2) group and more broadly across the organization. We anticipate significant opportunities to expand our mitigation work in land-use and low-emissions development. […]
Choosing to Challenge the Digital Gender Divide for Safe Migration
March 15, 2021|post
By Leanne Melnyk, Head of Global Supply Chains, Diginex Solutions, and Sung In Marshall, Associate Director, Worker Engagement, Elevate Limited This article was originally published by Diginex and Elevate Limited on March 8, 2021. What is the digital gender divide? The digital gender divide is the gap between girls’ and women’s access to technology and […]