Ecosystem degradation, exacerbated by climate change, increases ecosystem fragmentation and community vulnerability, necessitating scaled-up restoration efforts with strong political support. Effective restoration requires addressing governance challenges, fostering policy coherence, and enhancing collaboration among sectors and stakeholders. Establishing a permanent dialogue platform ensures integrated planning and implementation of restoration strategies. The success of the National Restoration Roadmap depends on stakeholder collaboration, capacity development, and integrated monitoring to achieve resilient ecosystems, sustained biodiversity, and long-term community benefits.
Tag: capacity building
Systems Scaling in Land Restoration. What is it and how do we do it?
This report synthesizes insights from a Regreening Africa Community of Practice (CoP) session held on 25 February 2025, where 46 programme partners and stakeholders explored systems scaling as a strategy for amplifying impact in Phase II of the initiative. Participants engaged with experts, shared experiences, and examined practical tools to enhance their capacity and collective thinking on scaling.
Morphological and phylogenetic evidence reveal Fissuroma taiwanense sp. nov. (Aigialaceae, Pleosporales) from Hedychium coronarium
A framework for prioritising nutrient management research in vegetable production in the southern Philippines
This paper describes an approach which has been used to identify and prioritise nutrient management research activities in a project currently being undertaken in the southern Philippines. It has highlighted the potential to improve the productivity and profitability of these systems by reallocating limited capital (fertiliser) resources from phosphorus and potassium to nitrogen based on an application of soil test information and the principles of nutrient budgeting. This approach also has applications for developing broader agricultural research programs in that it can be used as a tool for identifying and prioritising the activities which are likely to be the most successful and establish likely timeframes for impact.
Implementation of three activities in Somalia. Report
The IGAD BMP implemented by ICRAF has successfully supported three project activities in Ras Kamboni, Somalia. The three activities are honey value chain development, rainwater harvesting and training and capacity building on natural resource management. The report provides the achievements and next steps for each of the three activities.
Kenya Decision Dashboard
This information brief describes the on-going development of a decision dashboard for the Upper Tana region to assist decision makers in using data and evidence for planning, implementation and monitoring. The dashboards support the work of three IFAD funded projects (KCEP-CRAL, UTNWF and UTNRMP) within the region and 14 partnering Counties where the projects are active.
Farmer Community of Practice Workshops in Kitui, Machakos, Makueni Counties in Kenya, December 2017. Report
This report highlights the objectives and co-learning with ~400 farmers that took place in December 2017 in the three action counties: Kitui, Makueni and Machakos.
Ability of institutions to address new challenges
What types of institutional configurations hold the most promise in fostering efforts for long-term amelioration of enduring environmental, social, and economic challenges facing the world’s forests This chapter presents, and applies an analytical framework with which to review research findings and analyses that shed light on what appear to be the most promising institutional settings with which to address these drivers, ameliorate problems, and encourage responsible and sustainable forest management around the globe. Our framework focuses attention on the shift from government to governance; political authority; disentangling abstract policy for specific requirements; and capacity enhancing knowledge-generating and administrative institutions. We reveal that the global nature of economic, social, and environmental demands on the world’s forests, and complex commercial trade relationships, require that we integrate analyses of domestic and local responses to assess the role of innovative regional and global institutions designed to address these “good governance” challenges. We conclude by calling for much greater attention to the potential of synergistic institutional intersection to respond to new and enduring challenges in ways that single interventions or institutions are unable to do so.
Capacity building for the application of landcare towards enhanced democratic processes in natural resource management in Southern and Eastern Africa
ICRAF initiated the development of Landcare in Uganda in 2002 through the “African Grassroots Innovations for Livelihood and Environment (AGILE)” Project, funded by the Italian government.In South Africa, Landcare is implemented by central government with funding from the government of Australia. With support from the Australian-Aid Program, this project will build the capacityof country Landcare teams for wider application of the Landcare approach, to enhance democratic environmental governance in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
Capacity development for sustainable forest management
This paper presents examples of typical capacity development activities in the forest sector, illustrating the variety of initiatives and approaches to capacity development from around the world. The examples are grouped according to five broad areas of application: (a) capacities to manage forests on a sustainable basis; (b) capacities to formulate, implement, and evaluate policies; (c) capacities in forest research and development; (d) capacities in forest education; and (e) capacities for networking, communication, and information exchange. An evaluation of these capacity development initiatives shows that a fundamental paradigm change has taken place over the past 10 to 20 years, particularly with regard to the definition of capacity development, subjects considered important for sustainable forest management, and the concept of partnership in implementing capacity development activities. Based on this analysis, recommendations are made with regard to strategies, partnership, and necessary resources.