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• WCA Poster presentation: Human security or resilience? The role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate Change, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Land-use, Landscapes, Policy, Poverty
  The Focali researchers Jenny Friman and Per Knutsson will present a poster at the World Congress of Agroforestry in India 10-14th of February. The poster is ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/WCA-Burkina-Faso-poster.pdf.
  
• New brief: Addressing food security & climate change with agroforestry, what are the policy options?
  Agroforestry, Ecosystem services, Focali, Food security, Landscapes
  A new publication by Eskil Mattsson within our thematic collaboration with SIANI.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/new-brief-addressing-food-security-climate-change-with-agroforestry-what-are-the-policy-options
  
• Scenarios for parklands in Burkina Faso - a report from a workshop for identifying research needs
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes, Poverty
  Focali Report 2012:01 by Gert Nyberg, Lisa Westholm and Maria Ölund
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/scenarios-for-parklands-in-burkina-faso-a-report-from-a-workshop-for-identifying-research-needs
  
• Brighter outlook for the rainforest?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Restoration, Tropical forests
  Focali member Martin Persson, in the studio when the Swedish Radio show Klotet reports on positive development of rain forest restoration in Costa Rica. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/brighter-outlook-for-rainforest
  
• Focali brief: Food security in Sri Lankan homegardens
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focali, Rural development
  New Focali brief where Eskil Mattsson and Madelene Ostwald, together with S. P. Nissanka seek in the literature for evidence and information on the food ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/food-security-in-sri-lankan-homegardens-2013-what-does-science-tell-us
  
• Forests and trees - essential for food security on a landscape level
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Landscapes, Policy
  Today, on the International Day of Forests, Focali and SIANI publish the brief “Forests and trees – essential for food security on a landscape level”. The ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-and-trees-essential-for-food-security-on-a-landscape-level
  
• Energizing agroforestry: Ilex guayusa as an additional commodity to diversify Amazonian agroforestry systems
  Agroforestry, Focaliresearcher, Forests, Land-use
  Focali member Torsten Krause and colleague Barry Ness has just published a paper on agroforestry and the crop guayusa (Ilex guayusa) in the Ecuadorian Amazon. ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/energizing-agroforestry-ilex-guayusa-as-an-additional-commodity-to-diversify-amazonian-agroforestry-systems
  
• What are the possibilities for agroforestry to ensure food security?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Focali seminar, Focaliresearcher, Workshop
  Focali interim project coordinator Maria Göthberg together with Ekaterina Bessonova, SIANI, wrote an article based on presentations and discussions from the ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-are-the-possibilities-for-agroforestry-to-ensure-food-security
  
• Interview with Focali researcher Matilda Palm at Columbia University
  Agroforestry, Blog, Land-use, Restoration
  Focali researcher Matilda Palm is currently working at Ruth DeFries lab at Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Department (E3B) at Columbia ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/interview-with-focali-researcher-matilda-palm-at-columbia-university
  
• Save the date for agroforestry congress in Gothenburg
  Agroforestry, Conference, Democracy, Focali seminar, Land-use
  The congress will take place on November 13-15.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/save-the-date-for-agroforestry-congress-in-gothenburg
  
• Blog: Business and Agroforestry - the Role of Public-Private Partnerships
  #forestfood, Agroforestry, Blog, Forests
  This blog is written by Ekaterina Bessonova, communications assistant at SIANI. She attended the World Congress on Agroforestry together with Focali ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/blog-business-and-agroforestry-the-role-of-public-private-partnerships
  
• Intermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the seasonally dry tropics
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Water
  This is the result from a recently published study in Nature Publishing Group journal Scientific Reports by a team of researchers from CIFOR, ICRAF, CATIE and ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/intermediate-tree-cover-can-maximize-groundwater-recharge-in-the-seasonally-dry-tropics
  
• Forest and food, a matter of social justice?
  Agroforestry, Blog, Food security, Forests, Gender, Social justice
  When it comes to food security, forests can be a life-saver. Forests provide fruits, leaves, nuts and mushrooms. These foods are crucial for nutrition in rural ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/forest-and-food-a-matter-of-social-justice
  
• Watch our videos from November's Agroforestry Workshop
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focali seminar, Food security, Workshop
  Videos and presentations from our workshop on agroforestry have been published.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/watch-our-videos-from-novembers-agroforestry-workshop
  
• Benefits from ecosystem services in Sahelian village landscapes
  Agroforestry, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes, Poverty
  Focalimember Hanna Sinare defend her academic dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources Management at Stockholm University 11 ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/benefits-from-ecosystem-services-in-sahelian-village-landscapes
  
• New brief: How to reduce vulnerability in rural Burkina Faso: keeping the trees and planting more or diversifying the livelihoods?
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Focali, Food security, Forests, Policy
  New publication by Jenny Friman within our thematic collaboration with SIANI. This brief explores how two different framings can produce different conclusions ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/how-to-reduce-vulnerability-in-rural-burkina-faso-keeping-the-trees-and-planting-more-or-diversifying-the-livelihoods
  
• Planting trees – a strategy for healing degraded land
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher
  Focali interim project coordinator Maria Göthberg wrote an article based on the publication "The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/planting-trees-2013-a-strategy-for-healing-degraded-land
  
• Blog: Can Carbon Finance Take Small-scale Agroforestry to The Next Level?
  Agroforestry, Blog, Climate Change, Conference
  This blog is written by Eskil Mattsson, Matilda Palm (Focali) and Marion Davis (SEI) and is published by Thomson Reuters Foundation.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/blog-can-carbon-finance-take-small-scale-agroforestry-to-the-next-level
  
• Blog: Trees, forests and nutrition - Understanding the links
  Agroforestry, Blog, Conference, Focaliresearcher, Food security, Landscapes
  Blog from the ongoing World Congress of Agroforestry in Delhi, written by Focali researcher Matilda Palm
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/blog-trees-forests-and-nutrition-understanding-the-links
  
• Agricultural development as a driver for change
  Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Poverty
  The Church of Sweden's position paper on agricultural development for poverty reduction and sustainable development for 2014-2017 is now available in English.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/agricultural-development-as-a-driver-for-change
  
• Focali and SIANI at the World Congress on Agroforestry: Focus on trees and food security
  #forestfood, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Climate Change, Conference, Food security, Landscapes
  With two new issue briefs, presentations, blogging and social-media coverage, SIANI and its partner Focali will have a strong presence at the 10-14 February ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/focali-and-siani-at-the-world-congress-on-agroforestry-focus-on-trees-and-food-security
  
• Five Focali – SIANI Blog Posts from the World Congress of Agroforestry
  #forestfood, Agroforestry, Blog
  Focali and SIANI participated in the World Congress of Agroforestry between 10th -14th of February in New Delhi, India. This was the first activity in the new ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/five-focali-2013-siani-blog-posts-from-the-world-congress-of-agroforestry
  
• Do homegardens hold the keys to food security and sustainable land management?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Food security
  Growing trees and crops on the same land for many purposes, an agricultural technique called agroforestry, has gained a lot of traction. The method promises to ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/do-homegardens-hold-the-keys-to-food-security-and-sustainable-land-management
  
• Scenarios for dryland development in West Pokot, Kenya
  Agroforestry, Focali, Restoration
  This joint Focali and Triple L report by Eric Röhss, Gert Nyberg and Per Knutsson, describes the process and results of a workshop arranged by the Triple-L ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/scenarios-for-dryland-development-in-west-pokot-kenya
  
• On video - Wangu Mutua talking about women and agroforestry
  Agroforestry, Focali seminar, Gender, Land rights, Land-use
  What are the links between women, agroforestry, leadership, land tenure and farmer organizations? After the Focali seminar "Feminism and forest - a love story" ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/on-video-wangu-mutua-talking-about-women-and-forestry
  
• What is good about Sri Lankan homegardens with regards to food security?
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Focaliresearcher, Landscapes
  New article with agroforestry focus by Focali researchers Eskil Mattsson and Madelene Ostwald, together with S. P. Nissanka. A synthesis of the current ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-is-good-about-sri-lankan-homegardens-with-regards-to-food-security
  
• Sharing the Land: Restoring Degraded Ecosystems and Improving Livelihoods Through Agroforestry
  #forestfood, Agroforestry, Focali, Food security, Land-use, Landscapes
  This brief examines how agroforestry approaches – growing trees with crops, and sometimes with animals – can advance land restoration and conservation while ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/sharing-the-land-restoring-degraded-ecosystems-and-improving-livelihoods-through-agroforestry
  
• Tree Crown Mapping in Managed Woodlands (Parklands) of Semi-Arid West Africa Using WorldView-2 Imagery and Geographic Object Based Image Analysis
  Agroforestry, Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher, Forests, Global REDD-instruments
  Martin Karlson, Madelene Ostwald and Heather Reese published in Sensors.
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/tree-crown-mapping-in-managed-woodlands-parklands-of-semi-arid-west-africa-using-worldview-2-imagery-and-geographic-object-based-image-analysis
  
• A recap from workshop on Forest Conservation, Agroforestry and Livelihoods
  Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Blog, Deforestation, Focali, Workshop
  Focali researcher Torsten Krause recaps the main points of discussion from the FOCALI-the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) workshop ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/focali-2013-lucsus-workshop-on-forest-conservation-agroforestry-and-livelihoods
  
• Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world
  Agroforestry, Climate Change, Focaliresearcher, Water
  New paper from Focali members Aida Bargués Tobella and Ulrik Ilstedt together with 20 other authors from different universities, organisations and institutes; ...
  http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/trees-forests-and-water-cool-insights-for-a-hot-world
  
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