The International Day of Forests on Saturday 21st March sees the launch of the African Community Forestry Network (ACFN). For the first time, a grassroots network is being created which brings together community-led organisations working in agroforestry and forestry across Africa.
Just under one month to go until the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 12th April. Come and support David, Craig and Tina as they RUN FOR THE TREES.
You are invited to participate in the webinar “Agroforestry delivering multifunctional agriculture: Can we heal an ailing planet?” present by ITF Vice-Chair, Roger Leakey on Wednesday, March 18th at 4pm GMT
ITF would like to thank all those who made this ITF’s most successful fundraising campaign. The money raised will help us plant nearly half a million trees.
Visit our programmes page to see the community forestry projects now underway
Trees 4 Livelihoods, a 4 year project supported by the Big Lottery Fund. is continuing to make progress in Mali.
An important issue for the local communities is their declining access to the Koubaye forest due to unsustainable management leading to the felling of trees.
ITF are pleased to announce the funding of three projects in Kenya as part of our Sustainable Community Forestry (SCF) programme. 170,000 trees will be planted in projects led by three community youth organisations. In this article we feature the work of the Kangema Youth Group.
75% of the Southern Aberdare Forest in Kenya has been lost since the 1970’s which now covers less than 1,000 hectares. Conflict between people and wildlife has grown as human settlements encroach further and further into the forest. Wild animal numbers have declined along with many indigenous tree species like the sycamore fig, which is considered sacred to the Kikuyu community.
ITF are pleased to announce the funding of three projects in Kenya as part of our Sustainable Community Forestry (SCF) programme. 170,000 trees will be planted in projects led by three community youth organisations. In this article we feature the work of Community Energy Efficiency Initiative Youth Group.
To protect the only tropical rainforest in Kenya, the Kakamega Forest, a move is being made towards the greater use of green energy.
With the European Tree of the Year voting now underway, we have decided to turn our attention to Slovakia’s entry into this year’s competition… the white mulberry.
The Morus alba or white mulberry entered in the competition is known by the locals as “the lighthouse of history”, watching over the growing city of Senica. It has been dated to around 200 years old.
It is tempting when reporting on projects to constantly “accentuate the positive” but in many ways we learn more from the difficulties and the things that went wrong. In particular it underlines just why the work of ITF is so important.
For more than a decade the people of Wera county in Eastern Uganda have faced abductions and displacement by the Lords Resistance Army rebels and cattle rustling and raids by neighbouring communities. They are now returning to the area and beginning to resettle and reintegrate into normal life after many years of displacement in internal camps.