Landscapes and Local Climates

Hedges as Green Water Corridors

By Femke van Woesik, Redeat Daneil, and Meghna Mukherjee Hedges, integral to agricultural landscapes for centuries, were primarily planted as … Continued

Seed Balls: An Innovative Afforestation Technique

By Raju Maity (PRADAN) दारे बाबुन बाग बोयहा…दारे देबुन बएचवा …दारे रेगी बोयहा जोतो मीनाक…. Meaning we won’t cut the … Continued

The Key Steps of the Miyawaki method to plant a mini-forest

By Jean-Baptiste CHAUDRON at Restore Forest Everyone has already felt the interest of learning new things. When it comes to a … Continued

Maasai and their local climate

A pastoral community finding ways to combat the biggest threats of climate change. By Ishani Sonak (MetaMeta) and Femke van … Continued

Green Roads for Water for building resilience against climate extremes: Case of Makueni County in Kenya

by Michael Maluki, Nancy Kadenyi and Faith Muchemi Introduction Entering Makueni county welcomes you to endless vast lands covered by … Continued

How to envision the future of communities: co-created climate scenarios

by Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta) Predicting future climate so that farmers know exactly how to adapt and transform their … Continued

Sustainable landscape rehabilitation: The establishment of Watershed User’s Cooperatives

By Bantamlak Wondmnow & Femke van Woesik In Ethiopia there are many succesful stories of rehabilitated watersheds through large scale … Continued

Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 2). Shade but no grass.

By Ishani Sonak The rangeland in South of Kenya has been historically dominated by a wide variety of grass species. … Continued

Postcard from Central Rift, Kenya (part 1). End of the tether: Four years of drought

By Ishani Sonak Postcard from Central Rift Valley, Kenya. This is what four years of utter drought look like. … Continued

A small micro-climate marvel

By Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from KNSM-Eiland on a cold winter day. While the morning frost freeze-dries the moisture in the … Continued

3 Pillars for Microclimate Management

By Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), and Niels Lenderink (Rain) Microclimates are the … Continued

Examples of management of the commons by communities in rural India

By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), & Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta) Common pool resources, popularly known as … Continued

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