Time frame: February 2022 – October 2023 Project lead: Vanja Westerberg    Summary The study demonstrates the incredible potential of using landscape restoration as a source of Green Infrastructure to reduce sedimentation of major hydropower dams in Tajikistan while improving incomes and rural wellbeing. It is produced by the World Bank, in collaboration with Altus […]

Project Partners: PDL, Groundswell International and the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative Project end date:  March 2023   Summary: Haiti faces a perfect storm: crippling food insecurity, political instability, and decades of land degradation rooted in a colonial extractive model that never truly ended. Working with NGO Partenariat du Développement Local (PDL) and Groundswell International, […]

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 – Kyrgistan & ELD Initiative | Feb 2020 In February 2020, Vanja Westerberg of Altus Impact had the pleasure of lecturing a one-week intensive course on the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) for 2nd year students at the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University of (KNAU). Whilst learning about plant sciences and soil biology in their […]

Client: IUCN | May – July, 2019 Altus Impact is contributing to a major upcoming IUCN report, on the case for improving land health for agriculture to be published in 2020. The report will provide evidence and analysis to support stronger dialogue between conservation and agricultural actors around sustainability in the food and agricultural sectors. […]

Client: WWF-Myanmar

Client: IIED Responding to the need to adapt to climate variability, the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme – led by IIED, IED Afrique and the Near East Foundation consortium – has worked to incorporate climate variability in development planning in Mali and Senegal. This is done recognising that local […]

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 […]