BRAZZAVILLE, June 26, 2017 - Didas Ngono plunges his naked arms again and again, delicately, in the milky and thick pulp of cocoa beans, to the top of his elbows, in a circular to-and-fro motion. He stops...
Date: July 8, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A new report presents a first set of principles for achieving sustainable, deforestation-free cocoa production. Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain analyzes current sustainability...
Date: May 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, May 15, 2017 - Mozambique is richly endowed with natural resources including 40 million hectares of natural forests. Despite their tremendous potential, the country’s natural forests are being...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $40 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government’s efforts for...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved $32.80 million to improve rural livelihoods, reduce deforestation and unsustainable agricultural practice in the Eastern...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
1. A healthy environment is fundamental to poverty reduction. Environmental income accounts for about 28 percent of income worldwide, with particular importance for low-income households. Three-quarters...
Date: April 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Local rice producers, upland farmers, and forest users from four regions will have access to improved irrigation services, agricultural inputs, and service delivery WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 – Today,...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, March 23, 2017 —The World Bank today signed a new grant agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management, investments, and...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $6.25 million grant to help Indonesia’s indigenous and local communities secure land rights, manage forests and...
Date: March 16, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Washington, March 15, 2017 – The World Bank announced today a US$100 million project to support better management of forests, rangelands and agricultural landscapes for more jobs and increased incomes...
Date: March 15, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2017 — Today the World Bank approved $47 million (Of the total amount of $47.3 million, $15 million is a credit from the International Development Association (IDA); $13.2 million...
Date: March 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BINDURA, March 2, 2017─ “It’s not looking good,” says Geshmore Mushamba, a farmer from Bindura, 88 kilometers north-east of Harare. “Last year we had a late crop and harvested well. This year we decided...
Date: March 2, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
TANGUIETA, February 23, 2017—“Poaching has no future if Antoine Loana’s entrepreneurial spirit spreads to all the villages adjacent to the biosphere reserves,” remarked a smiling World Bank expert at the...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Increased salinity in a changing climate will hit coastal Bangladesh hard Southwest coastal region of Bangladesh is already facing increasing salinization, especially between October and May. Laboratory...
Date: January 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 1st , 2016 —The Executive Board of the World Bank Group discussed today a First State Consolidation Development Program (SCDP) for CAR to support the country’s development agenda...
Date: December 1, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
They emerge abruptly from the harshly golden Sahara, symbols of ancient culture and protectors of diverse ecosystems. Tunisia’s traditional oases, longtime centers of agricultural production and trade,...
Date: November 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
With the Paris Agreement entering into force last week, negotiators at this year’s UN climate meeting (COP22) in Morocco are getting to work on the specific rules and guidance that will translate Paris...
Date: November 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BANGKOK, September 14, 2016 — Similar to other developing countries in the region, the forests in Thailand have been disappearing due to massive cutting of trees and lack of care for forests. To help Thailand...
Date: September 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BEIJING, July 5, 2016 – A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s...
Date: July 5, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Activists from young forester movements in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine gather on the picturesque slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains to discuss how best to contribute...
Date: April 19, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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