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The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

28 October 2016

Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington DC

United States

Join us for an engaging discussion around the economic benefits of restoring productivity to deforested and degraded lands in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Latin America and the Caribbean account for over 20 percent of the world’s degraded lands, with 300 million hectares of degraded forests and 350 million hectares now classified as deforested—an area almost double the size of Mexi

How Farmers in Africa are Restoring Degraded Lands and Enhancing Resilience

How Farmers in Africa are Restoring Degraded Lands and Enhancing Resilience

27 October 2016

James A. Harmon Conference Center

10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)

Washington, DC

United States

Join us for a live discussion with World Vision’s Tony Rinaudo, WRI’s Robert Winterbottom and other experts on Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration – a key strategy for restoring degraded lands, achieving food security, and enriching rural areas.

Throughout the developing world, huge tracts of farmland, grazing lands and forests have become degraded to the point they are barely producti