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  1. Let's Restore Our Land: Church and Community Leaders Working Together to Restore the Land

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    2007-01-20 Let’s Restore Our Land describes how church and community leaders came to realize that the soil that produces our food is becoming weak, and the forests that provide us with many resources are disappearing. They recognized that God has given us the responsibility to care for and protect these...
    Economic developme... Land Restoration North America Latin America and ... West Africa
     

  2. An Nou Repare Tè Nou

    2012-01-20 An Nou Repare Tè Nou montre kijan lidè legliz yo ak lot lidè nan kominote a te relize, tè a k’ap pwodwi manje pou nou manje a, te komanse fatigue, e forè yo ki se sous anpil lòt bagay pou nou ap disparèt. Nou te konnen Bandye te bannou responsabilite pou nou pran swen ak pwoteje resous natirèl yo...
     

  3. Food Plant Solutions - Gardening Pamphlet

    What are the benefits of school and community gardens? The students at the schools enjoy the benefits of the plants they have grown as they are provided with a nutritious lunch at school. Initially children only tend the plants at school, but within a short time-frame they can be provided with...
     

  4. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Abstract, Science Advances, 2019 March Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being cleared, while secondary forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural lands increase in extent. We assess how tree species richness and composition recover during...
    Agroforestry Biodiversity
     

  5. SWISSAID - A future worth living for future generations

    A future worth living for future generations in the project countries and worldwide: this is the goal the staffat SWISSAID works towards every day. There are 40 people in Berne and Lausanne and about 150 mostly local men and women in project countries. And quite a few partner organisations and...
     

  6. Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India

    Abstract, Science Advances, 2018 July Humanity faces the grand challenge of feeding a growing, more affluent population in the coming decades while reducing the environmental burden of agriculture. Approaches that integrate food security and environmental goals offer promise for achieving a more...
    Climate Adaptation Water Security India Asia
     

  7. Comprehensive Training Curriculum for Household Development Agents in Haiti

    Community Health Workers are trained to: Define nutrition and malnutrition. Describe the components of a balanced diet. Identify signs and symptoms of iron deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, and iodine deficiency in children and pregnant women. Identify main causes of malnutrition, especially in...
    Health and Nutrition Latin America and ...
     

  8. A keystone microbial enzyme for nitrogen control of soil carbon storage

    Abstract, Science Advances, 2018 August Agricultural and industrial activities have increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to ecosystems worldwide. N deposition can stimulate plant growth and soil carbon (C) input, enhancing soil C storage. Changes in microbial decomposition could also...
    Soil Microorganisms Carbon Sequestration
     

  9. Warm Heart Foundation

    Warm Heart Foundation is based in Phrao, a mountainous, rural community in northern Thailand, 40 miles (70 kms) north of Chiang Mai. We are a non-religious, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the idea that every human being has the right to make a healthy and successful life. We focus on five...
     

  10. The Ithaka Institute

    The Ithaka Institute is an international open source network for carbon strategies. It is a non-profit research foundation with the Headquarter in Europe having independent offices in the USA, Nepal and Australia. In the last decade, Ithaka became a leading research collaboration for carbon...