Congratulations to Debbie and Alida for winning the Three Minute Talk challenge 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference
Big congratulations to Debbie and Alida for winning the first and second prizes respectively at the Three Minute Talk challenge of 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference! Both presented their doctoral research at the challenge. Debbie spoke about the impact of land rights and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon on livelihoods of rural woman and Alida presented […]
Samuel Adeyanju spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on community-based natural resource management in Ghana and Zambia
Samuel Adeyanju recently spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on ‘Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for integrated landscape approaches’. He presented the successes and challenges of the CBNRM initiatives in the two countries and the potential of the integrated landscape approaches in addressing the challenges to ensure sustainable […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on importance of Science Communication
Terry Sunderland recently spoke at the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference on ‘Communicating science: A practical perspective’. He emphasized on why communicating science is an important process to disseminate research findings, influence policy and have broader impact. His talk focused on science communication strategies that have proven effective in “getting the message out” to a wider […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at a webinar on ‘Climate Change: How Nature Based Solutions Restore Balance’
Terry spoke at a recent webinar on nature based solutions to address climate change on 29th July, 2021. The other two panelists were Drew Bondar from Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust and Larry McDermott from Plenty Canada. They discussed different approaches and research on restoring landscapes integrating food and forests sustainably. Terry highlighted the important […]
Terry Sunderland speaks at a pre-summit of the UN Food Systems Summit on ‘Tomorrow’s food systems need forests and trees’
Terry Sunderland recently took part at a pre-summit of the UN Food Systems Summit on ‘Tomorrow’s food systems need forests and trees’. This panel discussion highlighted some of the evidence for how forests and trees provide healthy foods directly and indirectly. The three speakers from Asia, Latin America, and Africa also showcased three tree-based interventions […]
Guest Lecture Series 2021: Graden Froese shares his collaborative work on community-based bushmeat hunting management in Gabon
We had the pleasure to host another guest speaker, Graden Froese, who is a PhD student at Duke University. Graden talked to us about his PhD work at Northeastern Gabon working in collaboration with the local communities on community-based bushmeat hunting management. He studies the social-ecological functioning and effectiveness of village-level participatory bushmeat hunting management […]
New article by Terry Sunderland on Bamboo and Rattan Update
A new article titled ‘Out of Africa‘ by Terry Sunderland has been published on ‘Bamboo and Rattan Update‘. Bamboo and Rattan Update is a magazine published by the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) that is dedicated to sharing the latest high-quality research and news about the bamboo and rattan sector. In his article, Terry discusses how […]
New article on ‘Conservation and the right to food’ by Winy Vasquez and Terry Sunderland
While the importance of protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services cannot be understated, how protected areas are imposed and managed should be revisited and reworked to break away from a legacy of “fortress conservation” that can lead to displacement, infringement of rights, loss of access and other negative social impacts. In contrast to the Western […]
Guest Lecture Series 2021: Jacqui Sunderland-Groves shares her Great Ape experiences
We had the pleasure to host another guest speaker, Jacqui Sunderland-Groves, who is a guest lecturer in Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism at University of British Columbia. She has worked in West-Central Africa and Asia since 1995, specializing in great ape ecology and conservation related research, reintroduction and management of complex conservation programs. […]
Virtual workshop and panel discussion on Biodiversity and Health by the EU delegation to India
New workshop and panel “Biodiversity Means Health” on June 4, 2021. See more here!