Project partners: Groundswell International & Association Nourrir Sans Détruire (ANSD) Time frame: May 2024 – Nov 2025 Project lead: Vanja Westerberg Background The Burkinabè NGO Association Nourrir Sans Détruire (ANSD),  has promoted agroecology in Burkina Faso’s Eastern region since 2011, using a farmer-to-farmer model of innovation and knowledge sharing. Before ANSD’s interventions, agroecological practices […]

Client: The ELD Initiative and the German Development Cooperation Main Project Partner: The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus)  Altus Project lead: Vanja Westerberg Challenge Natural pastures cover around 25% of Georgia’s area, equivalent to some 1.9 million hectares. The region of Kakheti has the highest share of pastures in Georgia (GeoStat, 2016). […]

Client: The Economics of Land Degradation Project phase: January 2018 – January 2020 Land degradation and desertification are amongst the world’s greatest environmental challenges. The African continent is the most affected in terms of soil erosion, but it has a huge potential for ecological restoration (Gnacadja and Wiese, 2016; ELD & UNEP 2015). The “Regreening Africa” […]

Client: GIZ & ELD Agricultural yields have been on a long steady decline in Benin. As farmers strive to maintain livelihoods and food security, remaining forests lands and other natural habitats are converted and cleared at alarming rates. This trend has direct and indirect knock-on effects on people and nature, further jeopardising the long-term resilience […]

Client: IUCN Ghana In Ghana, Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA) have been identified as a useful mechanism to foster community participation in forest conservation and management efforts, particularly under REDD+. The CREMA structure involves the devolution of power and authority to communities in off-reserve areas. So far however, established CREMAs face significant challenges in maintaining functionality and […]

Client: The Economics of Land Degradation Large wildfires ravaged the Dedoplistako district ‘the wheat basket of Georgia’ in the summer of 2015. They had their origin on farms, as farmers ignite crop residues to dispose of them cheaply after harvest. A dry and windy summer, combined with high yields (large amount of crop residues) made […]