Upcoming Virtual Talk Promotes Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

Cambridge - Local nonprofit Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is hosting a free virtual talk with guest speaker and agronomist Tony Rinaudo at 6:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 17 in partnership with the GBH Forum Network. Environmental journalist Judith D. Schwartz will be moderator for the event and will join Tony in conversation.

Tony Rinaudo will introduce a reforestation method called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). More than an effective, low cost, rapid and scalable method of land and environmental restoration, FMNR is restoring livelihoods and food security across tens of thousands of communities and in the process, restoring hope. As climate change impacts worsen, FMNR is a much-needed solution that works quickly and effectively.

Using an elegantly simple set of management practices, farmers can grow new trees quickly by utilizing the root systems beneath existing tree stumps. Rinaudo will describe the path to this solution to land degradation and the history, development and impact of the global movement called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration. The work he began in Niger in 1983 has now been linked to the regrowth of 200 million trees on five million hectares of degraded farmland in Niger alone.

Rinaudo, who will be joining from his home in Australia, is widely known as the “forest maker.” Having lived and worked in African countries for many decades, he has discovered and put in practice a solution to the extreme deforestation and desertification of the Sahel region.

This free event will take place on Zoom. Those interested can learn more and register here: https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/5016589347044/WN_o3Qy5pMzQve38jyWnLn9bw 

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is a non-profit changing the mainstream climate conversation by demonstrating the power of ecosystem restoration to cool local communities and the planet. Everyone has a role to play. Watch our videos on the power of eco-restoration. Inquiries welcome.