Burkina Faso
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11 Results found. From 1997 - 2015
Photo Essay
- Nov 2017
COP23 Special: Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Burkina Faso
How funds are split among groups on the ground
News
- Nov 2017
COP23 Special: In Burkina Faso, finding new paths through a changing landscape
What climate and land-use changes mean for farmers and pastoralists
News
- Mar 2016
Finding water amid the trees
More trees in arid areas could lead to more water access—which is good news for hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people.
News
- Mar 2016
Food and a future: How restored forests help women in Burkina Faso
Women in West Africa are using food from enclosed forest plots to get their households through the lean times.
Video
- Jun 2015
Green Treasure of the Sahel
Feature
- Jun 2015
WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, small solutions and big returns
These precious pockets of green bring local communities a host of benefits.
Feature
- Jun 2015
WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, disappearing rains and new realities
"When they showed us a map of the resources in our village, we realized that we could lose all our forest.”
News
- Feb 2015
Global demand can’t loosen local control of a crucial cash crop
The shea industry is a vital economic lifeline for women in Burkina Faso.
News
- Jun 2014
Once there was a lake: Study highlights complexity of vulnerability to environmental change
Without consultation, central governments risk making a bad situation worse.
Video
- Oct 2013
West African lake a field laboratory for long-term landscapes research
Scientists gather data and measure change in eight sentinel landscapes to understand how landscapes transition over time.
News
- Nov 2011
Children are forgotten entrepreneurs of the forest, says new CIFOR research
Scientists estimate a third of young people in forest communities involved in trade of non-timber forest products.
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