Winrock International’s top stories of 2024
Check out some of the most clicked and shared announcements, stories and blogs from Winrock International in 2024 — an exciting year that included new Winrock President and CEO Maqsoda Maqsodi beginning her tenure; ACR’s announcement of the first issuance of carbon credits from plugging orphaned oil and gas wells in the U.S.; Winrock’s human rights team convening experts and leaders in Cambodia to confront a new human trafficking trend; and our carbon research in Florida’s Everglades drawing global news attention, among other developments. We invite you to read and share the links below representing a cross-section of our work from 2024 – and we look forward to another amazing year ahead in collaboration with our partners in the U.S. and around the world.
Maqsoda Maqsodi named new President and CEO of Winrock International
June 25, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (June 25, 2024) ─ Winrock International’s Board of Directors today announced that Maqsoda Maqsodi will become the organization’s new president and CEO on July 29th, 2024, succeeding Rodney Ferguson, who departed in late 2023. Maqsodi, currently the president and CEO of IntraHealth International of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will be responsible for […]
World’s first carbon credits issued for plugging orphaned oil and gas wells
January 17, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – ACR, an enterprise of Winrock International, announced today the first issuance of carbon credits from plugging orphaned oil and gas wells. Women-led Rebellion Energy Solutions generated the credits by plugging six orphaned wells in its Oklahoma Heartland Methane Abatement & Land Restoration Project. In 2023, ACR published the world’s first methodology […]
Forced online scamming: How the Cambodia CTIP project is addressing a troubling new trafficking trend in Asia
July 10, 2024
The USAID Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons project, implemented by Winrock International, is taking a leading role to address a new form of trafficking that has grown rapidly in Cambodia and across Southeast Asia in the past five years. While previous iterations of Cambodia CTIP focused on the trafficking of Cambodians into exploitative work, the […]
Winrock International announces 2023 staff photo contest winners
January 24, 2024
At Winrock, we believe in the power of a well-told story. Throughout human history, storytelling has been our best tool for relating, remembering, teaching, influencing and connecting. As the old saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words. This was the origin of the 2023 Winrock photo contest. Entries could focus on any aspect of […]
How can regenerative grazing for dairy production provide wins for cows, farmers and climate change?
January 3, 2024
By Jonathan Winsten Jon Winsten is an agricultural and environmental economist at Winrock International. Jon works at the interface of agriculture and the environment, focused on climate change and water quality. He pioneered some of the outcome-based incentive mechanisms that help farmers find the most cost-effective strategies to reduce impact on water quality and climate […]
Three ways SCALE-NRM supports locally led protection of forests and livelihoods in the Solomon Islands
June 3, 2024
The USAID Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods and Environment – Natural Resources Management (SCALE-NRM) project, implemented by Winrock International and partners, is a five-year, $16.5 million investment in economic growth and trade in the Solomon Islands, with emphasis on development of the agribusiness sector and improved forestry management. In support of the Solomon Islands’ National Development […]
Partnering to protect the Everglades: A unique ecosystem and critical carbon sink
August 22, 2024
Winrock International and The Everglades Foundation have established a lasting partnership focused on evaluating greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage within various agricultural, freshwater and coastal ecosystems across southern Florida. With The Everglades Foundation’s focus on ecosystem restoration and resilience, the primary objective of our analyses has been evaluation of the potential climate impacts of […]
How the USAID Reducing Pollution project fosters collective action to tackle plastic waste in Vietnam
April 19, 2024
By: Hanh Nguyen, USAID Reducing Pollution project. The USAID Reducing Pollution project team is working on a five-year project to support locally-driven initiatives that substantially reduce environmental pollution in Vietnam through a collective impact approach. The project is helping to build the capacity of government, local nongovernmental organizations and private sector partners to prevent, mitigate […]
Low overhead dairy grazing: Exploring the current state of dairy in the U.S. Midwest
September 19, 2024
(Feature photo image, above: Saxon Homestead Farm dairy cows grazing. Photo credit: Dan Hagenow Video Creation, LLC.) On July 18, 2024, Wallace Center and Winrock International staff hosted their first farmer workshop in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the Improving the Health of the Great Lakes through Profitable Low Overhead Dairy Grazing project. Funded by the Great Lakes […]
North Little Rock Public Library System finalizing agreement to assume management and operation of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
August 23, 2024
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Aug. 23, 2024 — The North Little Rock Public Library System is thrilled to announce it is in negotiations to assume the management and operation of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, a dynamic center for innovation and entrepreneurship located in North Little Rock. The Innovation Hub has been owned and […]
Agriculture, Resilience and Water
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Child Labor Prevention
Clean Energy & Circular Economy
Climate Change
Countering Trafficking in Persons (TIP)
Ecosystem Services
Environment & Energy
Forestry and Natural Resource Management
Ghana
Human Rights, Education and Empowerment
Locally Led Development
Solomon Islands
U.S. Programs
United States
Vietnam
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Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Project
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 […]
ACR
Winrock has long recognized the threat posed by climate change. ACR, founded in 1996 and operated by Winrock, is dedicated to the belief that markets are the most effective tools to tackle climate change. As such, ACR has developed transparent and science-based methodologies to incentivize carbon reductions in agriculture, transportation and other industries. ACR is also a partner in assuring that California’s landmark Cap-and-Trade Program can manage, verify and credit carbon offsets effectively.
USAID Reducing Pollution
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, […]
Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment – Natural Resource Management (SCALE-NRM)
Uncontrolled logging is decimating forests in the Solomon Islands, a small country in the South Pacific Ocean. Many factors contribute to this problem, including economic interests, land tenure rights, trust between communities and government, and the regulatory environment. As a result, solutions will require a comprehensive effort to address each factor. The Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, […]
USAID’s Fight Slavery and Trafficking-in-Persons (FSTIP) Activity
Human trafficking is a major problem in Bangladesh, which is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women and children trafficked into forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation, child marriage and other abusive situations. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated vulnerabilities to trafficking, exploitation, and child marriage, as widespread loss of livelihood opportunities and employment, restrictions on […]