For several years, ecological research has argued that climate often has no determining influence on the distribution of forests and savannas in tropical regions. However, an international research team led by Prof. Dr. Steven Higgins at the University of Bayreuth has now succeeded in proving that it depends mostly on climatic factors whether regions in...Read More

Executive Summary The frequency and severity of wildfires, as well as the duration of the fire season, are increasing in many regions of the world. The occurrence of extreme wildfires – i.e. wildfire events that are particularly severe in terms of their size, duration, intensity and impacts – is also on the rise. In Australia,...Read More

Local uptake of climate change adaptation measures and practices by forest farm producers in Nepal. In an effort to determine a way forward to mainstream and up-scale the best climate change adaptation measures and practices of the Forest and Farm Producer Organisations (FFPOs), a two-day workshop titled “Local uptake of climate change adaptation measures and...Read More

INTRODUCTION The African Forest Forum (AFF) is a pan-African non-governmental organisation with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. It is an association of individuals who share the quest for and commitment to the sustainable management, use and conservation of the forest and tree resources of Africa for the socioeconomic wellbeing of its peoples and for the...Read More