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Mariteuw Chimère Diaw recently joined our Board of Directors. In this short interview conducted in July 2015, he discusses the career path that led him to found the African Model Forest Network, and what eventually connected him to EcoAgriculture Partners. What’s your background and how are you involved with the…

EcoAgriculture Partners is extremely pleased to announce the addition of two eminent African leaders in landscape management to our Board of Directors. Mariteuw Chimère Diaw Chimère Diaw has been Director General of the African Model Forest Network (AMFN) since 2007. He has led that organization to great promin…

Environmental issues are like a knot of tangled yarn. Within any given land area, there are many interconnections—between a country’s history, the area’s socio-political climate, its economic developments, the residing communities and their associated cultures, and regional and international interests—that all…

In 2014, EcoAgriculture Partners’ Krista Heiner sat down with Leah Mwangi of KENVO in Kenya to discuss KENVO's relationship with the Kenyan government, the challenges they face, and their hopes for the future. What follows is an edited transcript of excerpts from their conversation. KENVO (Kijabe Environment …

How can private investors help dairy farmers, mushroom growers, and AIDS orphans lift themselves out of poverty and protect their environment? In a sense, this question was at the center of two LPFN-organized events at the Global Landscapes Forum: the Investment Case event in London last week. Each of these groups, s…

EcoAgriculture Partners, ECOTRUST and ENR Africa Associates have just published a training manual aimed at farmer groups, extension staff and project managers who are implementing agricultural carbon projects in East Africa. Carbon projects are initiatives designed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions or sequester th…