13 October is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Enhancing cooperation and knowledge-sharing among countries to reduce #Drought and Sand + #DustStorm risks and losses will be on the marquee at #UNCCDCOP15 in May 2022.

#OnlyTogether #DRRday UNDRR

Prevention is always better than cure.We should focus on preparing people to cope with disaster. #DRRDay
Kenya4Resilience
IAS Kenya
Children's Mission Africa
Disaster Operations
TINADA Youth Organization (TiYO)
I Choose Life-Africa
The Navigators (EPTF) Kenya Trust UNDRR UNDRR_Africa

#OnlyTogether #DRRDay
Let's all join hands in Disaster Risk Reduction in Kenya and across the World. Together, We Can. Disaster Operations UNDP Kenya UNDRR Kenya4Resilience Kenya Red Cross

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You are invited to 'The Roots of the FMNR Movement in Kenya' webinar!

Celebrating the momentum of this #regreening practice and presented by World Vision Kenya, World Agroforestry, CIFOR, Moi University-Kenya, Regreening Africa, @EvergreeningA and WVAUS

Please register: tinyurl.com/yfgxcmzy

Thanks for the #FMNR support World Economic Forum and 1t.org - and congrats to Justdiggit and Kijani Forestry on your amazing #regreening success stories💚

At World Vision we are committed to a #GreenRecovery from #COVID19 - one that includes #FMNR 🌿

Charlotte sterrett explains beautifully why a Green Recovery is the right way to #BuildBackBetter

Read more here 👉wvi.org/stories/view/c…

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Indeginious trees #cordiaafricana #meliavolkensii #Vitexkeniensis fodder #calliandra intergrated with fruit trees in arid areas for shading, nitrogen fixing, soil enrichment & control soil erosion #climateaction #NatureBasedSolutions Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry Festus Kiplagat @BetterGlobeTree

The power of regenerative reforestation including #FMNR
why plant when you can simple facilitate nature fix itself?
#naturebasedsolutions #NBS

#FMNR fringe benefits viz:
1. Pasture: hay & seed
2. Bee products: honey, wax & propolis
3. Tree products: timber & non-timber
4. Micro-climate: aesthetics, shelter amelioration
5. Soil fertility: erosion control
6. Biodiversity etc
All at a 'low cost'!

Sphere released a guide on applying the #SphereHandbook in the #Covid2019 response. Supported by partners, we are now translating the guide into multiple languages.
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Download the document and share your own translations at spherestandards.org/coronavirus

A lot of tree planting campaigns have yielded less impact due to lack of protection and follow ups, we encourage communities to embrace 'low cost' regenerative reforestation and enrichment plantings.

In need of a nice weekend read? Check out Sphere's thematic sheet on the #environment !🌿🌳

Through the #SphereHandbook 's guidance, the sheet suggests key actions to make humanitarian programming more environmentally sustainable and accountable.
spherestandards.org/thematic-sheet…

Happy #ValentinesDay to all the humanitarian practitioners who keep the dignity and wellbeing of affected communities always... at heart.
#SphereHandbook #HumanitarianCharter

What has regreened the desert, boosted agricultural output by $900 million/year, and is a climate change solution? Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, or #FMNR . Learn more on this age-old technique that doesn't get enough attention. By me in Ensia ensia.com/features/in-se…

“Restoration has to do with two things: biodiversity and equity — equity in the sense that regreening should benefit smallholder farmers,”. If we cannot accomplish that, we cannot win the battle against land degradation.” #FMNR #ClimateAction Ensia

#FMNR ensures sustainable utilization of available resources to provide both tangible and intangible products/services. With #FMNR everything #HOLD

#TreeOfTheWeek
#PlantATree
#FromSeedToForest
Shona: Nzvirin'ombe/ nzvirimombe
Ndebele: Umviyo
A slow growing ever green bush that does not grow beyond 3m. It is found in woodlands across Zimbabwe favoring sandy soils and sheltering under other big trees.

“It is not too late to show leadership.”

Check out this thought-provoking op-ed by 2018 #RightLivelihoodAward Laureate Tony Rinaudo on the efforts needed to tackle the root causes of the devastating bushfires in #Australia 🇦🇺

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