The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Tana River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people. Understanding the interrelationships between the two types of infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustainable water resources development and management. This is particularly true as pressures on water resources intensify and the impacts of climate change increase.

Se estima que la población mundial en el año 2020 será de 7.5 billones de habitantes, con más del 80% viviendo en los países en desarrollo (FAO, 1999). Aunque los datos globales sobre producción de alimentos superan el crecimiento de la población, un análisis por regiones o países (FAO, 1993) revela que, por ejemplo, entre 1979 y 1991, la producción de alimento per capita disminuyó en 20 países de bajos ingresos y en 25 países de mediano-alto ingreso.

Recent studies show that carbon

sequestered by trees on agricultural

land is not well accounted for. If it was,

researchers argue in a new study: “Global

Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on

Agricultural Land: The contribution

of agroforestry to global and national

carbon budgets,” total carbon estimates

from agricultural land could be more

than four times higher.

Decisions on land use in Vietnam are often only based on biophysical and economical assessments, with little consideration for the local people’s opinions or perspectives. This can lead to conflicts over natural resources management, unsustainable land use and decisions that are unfair to local people. In the landscape surrounding Khe Tran, a village in Central Vietnam lives a Pahy minority group. The driving force in this area has been different land use policies, resulting mainly from a government ‘top down’ approach, and the consequent changes in local forest status.

While Carbon (C) sequestration on farmlands may contribute to mitigate CO2 concentrations in the

atmosphere, greater agro-biodiversity may ensure longer term stability of C storage in fluctuating

environments. This study was conducted in the highlands of western Kenya, a region with high potential

for agroforestry, with the objectives of assessing current biodiversity and aboveground C stocks in

perennial vegetation growing on farmland, and estimating C sequestration potential in aboveground C

The conservation status of wild Arachis spp. is not well characterized for its maintenance and possible future exploitation for the improvement of cultivated peanut, Arachis hypogaea L. Our objectives were to use 2175 georeferenced observations of wild peanut (Arachis spp.) to assess the conservation status of the genus and to prioritize biologically and geographically future conservation actions.