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Solar Milk Cooling: Smallholder Dairy Farmer Experience in Kenya Conference Proceedings
The USAID Photovoltaics for Sustainable Milk for Africa through Refrigeration Technology (PV SMART) project is a new and creative concept of providing on-farm solar milk refrigeration for off-grid dairy farmers in Kenya. It uses a modified off the shelf direct drive photovoltaic refrigerator (PVR) technology, coupled with innovative cooling and energy storage approaches to chill […]
Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States
Locating terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon (C) will be critical to developing strategies that contribute to the climate change mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement. Here we present spatially resolved estimates of net C change across United States (US) forest lands between 2006 and 2010 and attribute them to natural and anthropogenic processes.
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: Climate Smart Livelihoods to Support Sustainable Forest Management
Over the past years, changing climatic conditions and overexploitation of forest resources are putting stress on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities throughout Vietnam. The USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program is working with ethnic minority communes in the upland forests of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces to design and implement climate smart livelihood models […]
SUCCESS STORY: Participatory Forest Land Allocation in Thanh Hoa
Vietnam’s forest lands are property of the state and have long been under centralized management. However, alarming rates of deforestation and forest degradation in the 1980s made it clear that the system in place lacked the resources for effectively protecting the country’s vital forest areas. Gradually the important role of local people in forest management […]
SUCCESS STORY: A Bamboo Development Strategy for Thanh Hoa
Thanh Hoa province has the largest area of luong bamboo in Vietnam, with over 80,000 hectares of natural bamboo forest and 71,000 hectares of planted bamboo. The global market for bamboo is expanding rapidly. Bamboo is increasingly being used for furniture, building materials and other consumer goods as an esthetic and sustainable alternative to wood. […]
SUCCESS STORY: Supporting Green Growth in Thanh Hoa
Two decades of rapid economic growth have transformed Vietnam from one of the poorest nations in the world to a middle-income country. While poverty rates have dropped dramatically, new challenges are arising. Changing production and consumption patterns put pressure on the country’s natural resources, while climate change poses risks of extreme weather events and sea […]
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES: Vietnam Forests and Delta Program
The five-year USAID Vietnam Forest and Deltas program (VFD) helps to move Vietnam’s progressive and proactive climate change policies into practice. Focusing on sustainable natural resource management, improving land use planning and engaging communities in developing action plans to address climate risks and vulnerabilities, the program supports Vietnam’s transition towards a low emission, climate resilient […]
