There’re always ways to achieve better life and we need to struggle to achieve it
Now I’m highlighting how people are trying to develop better mechanism to address environmental issues, especially forest protection. I refer to recent hot issues on payment environmental services (PES) and reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Both of them are built to address environmental issues that currently not handled by mainstream development in many countries.
What actually the prospect of these mechanism? What’s it current status? Do they really benefits to forests and its livelihood of local indigenous people? Continue reading →
Posted in: Forest.
Tagged: biodiversity · CIFOR · Climate Change · deforestation · Environment · Global warming · Hydroelectricity · Indonesia · Kyoto Protocol · PES · REDD
I read a report published by Asian Development Bank (ADB) that emphasizing the impact of climate changes in Southeast Asia. It seems an effort of picturing how climate change issues will change more countries in the region -just like Stern’s report. The report urges policy makers to take some actions including investing more resources in climate adaptation and mitigation as well as raising awareness of climate change impacts and risks.
The reports clearly states the impact of climate change on the region and its evidences:
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Posted in: Hot.
Tagged: Asian Development Bank · Climate Change · Extreme weather · Southeast Asia · Wildfire
Promoting agroforestry could be better option for rural poor in combating global warming issues. Agroforestry have been practiced for ages but less recognized by many governments. In agroforestry practice, farmers are benefits farm yield as well as from trees planted. They manage such tree based farm system to meets their needs of food and energy.
Agroforestry innovations have been introduced as an effort of development on market based agricultural commodities. It changes technological factors in production process to increase their productivity and enhance quality of agricultural commodities. Questioning how the impact of such innovations will lead to the process of new technological factors adopted by farmers.
Promoting agroforestry practice request better understanding on adoption process.
Adoption is wide-range term that describing changes process from mental perspective to practical agricultural economics. In farm-level, according to Feder et al (1985) economist defined adoption as the degree of use of a new technology in long-run equilibrium when the farmer has full information about the new technology and its potential.
Is there any view to examine the technology adoption? Continue reading →
Posted in: Earth.
Tagged: Africa · Agriculture · agroforestry · agroforestry adoption · Developing country · Environment · Global warming · Nigeria · Non-governmental organization · technology adoption
