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Digital Inclusion: Boosting Broadband Connectivity Key to Renewal in Underserved U.S. Communities
October 4, 2021|post
Kevin Smith, the mayor of Helena-West Helena, Ark., sits at his desk in City Hall virtually disconnected from the rest of the world. If he needs to send an email, conduct research online, or just connect to a video conference, the city’s top elected official is forced to wait. He stares at his computer screen, […]
Working with U.S. Farmers and Local Partners to Protect Water and Soil Health
August 27, 2021|post
Wisconsin’s Kickapoo River has a complicated history. For thousands of years, Indigenous people managed this agroecological landscape for foraged food, crops, and game ── most recently the Ho-Chunk, Oceti Sakowin, Meskwaki, and Kickapoo people. When European settlers displaced these Indigenous peoples from much of their homeland, cut down trees, and began to plow the watershed’s […]
USAID Reducing Pollution
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The USAID Reducing Pollution activity is a five-year project that supports locally-driven initiatives that substantially reduce environmental pollution in Vietnam through a collective impact approach. The project will build the capacity of government, local nongovernmental organizations and private sector partners to prevent, mitigate and reduce environmental pollution, and increase the capacity of stakeholders to generate, […]
Winrock Publishes Detailed Guide to Payment For Forest Environmental Services System
July 15, 2021|post
The USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) climate change activity wrapped up in May 2021 after nine years of evolutionary work supporting the Government of Vietnam’s efforts to protect and preserve one of the country’s most important natural resources: its forests. Implemented by Winrock, the project’s legacy is well established, and was lauded in a […]
VFD Final Report
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The USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) Program leaves behind a legacy of improved policy, strengthened institutions, and innovative models that have improved natural resource management and increased the resilience of vulnerable communities. This success has been based on a model of partnership and collaboration with Government of Vietnam (GVN) partners, which ensures ownership of […]
Communities, Companies and Conservation: Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) Practitioner’s Guidebook
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The Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project (VFD) ran from 2012-2021 in partnership with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The first phase of VFD supported the acceleration of Vietnam’s transition to climate-resilient, low-emission, sustainable development by improving forest and natural resource management and engaging communities in the development of action plans to address […]
Power of Place: Winrock Fosters Revitalization and Innovation in Rural Arkansas
June 7, 2021|post
In the rear of an empty city lot in downtown Stuttgart, Arkansas, population 9,195, five school-aged kids sit down and quietly erect a giant Jenga tower. It’s just there, waiting to be built on a Saturday morning, so they do. Over on the side, a young couple plops into a pair of chairs facing an […]
Winrock International Announces New Online Hub for Opportunity Zone Investment
May 10, 2021|post
Little Rock, Ark. – May 10, 2021 – Winrock International and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission are proud to announce Opportunity Arkansas, Arkansas’s Opportunity Zone Investment Hub. Funded by the Delta Regional Authority and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Opportunity Arkansas builds the capacity of local leaders to develop investable projects that bolster small businesses and […]
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. […]
Winrock International Announces New Small Business E-commerce Support Program
March 9, 2021|post
Little Rock, Ark. – March 10, 2021 – As fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge small businesses, Winrock International is pleased to announce the Small Business E-commerce Local Learning (SELL) project to support small businesses in Northwest Arkansas. Funded by the Walton Family Foundation, SELL leverages Winrock’s proven entrepreneurial programming support, coaching and […]