NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A panoramic view of the lowlands of Tibiri. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunity fo...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Cattle grazing outside the village of Goulbi. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunity f...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - An area outside the village strewn with garbage. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunit...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - A tomato crop. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunity for reinforcing and upscaling su...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A quarry where mud bricks are made on the banks of a natural spring. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSS...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - A tomato crop. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunity for reinforcing and upscaling su...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A vendor of household items selling to the local population. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a grea...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Cattle grazing outside the village of Goulbi. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great opportunity f...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - A villager riding a camel on the main roadway alongside a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GG...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - An oxcart transporting muddy soil away from a quarry where mud bricks are made on the banks of a natural spring. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GG...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Farmers harvesting tomatoes from a vegetable garden growing amidst a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners se...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A cattle herder shaking loose nuts from a tree for the herd to eat. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Farmers harvesting tomatoes from a vegetable garden growing amidst a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners se...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A quarry where mud bricks are made on the banks of a natural spring. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSS...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Agroforestry: A crop of corn growing amidst a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI a great...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A quarry where mud bricks are made on the banks of a natural spring. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSS...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Farmers harvesting tomatoes from a vegetable garden growing amidst a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners se...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A cattle herder shaking loose nuts from a tree for the herd to eat. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Workmen cleaning scraps of meat from cow hides for eventual sale at the local market. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A cattle herder shaking loose nuts from a tree for the herd to eat. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Workmen cleaning scraps of meat from cow hides for eventual sale at the local market. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A cattle herder shaking loose nuts from a tree for the herd to eat. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Farmers harvesting tomatoes from a vegetable garden growing amidst a small forest. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners se...

NIGER23 February 2013, Tibiri, Niger - A cattle herder shaking loose nuts from a tree for the herd to eat. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners see in the GGWSSI...

NIGER23 February 2013, Goulbi, Niger - Workmen cleaning scraps of meat from cow hides for eventual sale at the local market. The Great Green Wall Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): FAO and its partners...

NigerThe women of Moree, Ghana who normally earn their living by processing and selling fish, cultivate a woodlot to diversify their incomes, motivated by the high cost of wood for their smoking ovens. - -...

OmanFrankincense (Boswellia) trees growing in the mountains of Dhofar region. The trees produce a much prized aromatic gum resin, which is then made into exotic fragrances. - - General: General.

OmanVillager examining an incision made on the trunk of a frankincense tree, from which a pearly white liquid oozes, which then hardens into semi-opaque lumps. These are periodically scraped off the trees...

Burkina FasoStones are used for grinding grain in a local community settlement. - - Forestry and Food Security in Sahelian Africa: GCP/RAF/303/ITA. In the last few decades, the countries of the Sahel have had to...

HondurasA woman farmer making tortillas on an improved cooking stove outside her house. The stove has been introduced by the project. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/...

HondurasA farmer riding his donkey and leading another, laden with fuel wood. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security t...

HondurasA woman farmer making tortillas on an cooking improved stove outside her house. The stove has been introduced by the project. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/...

ThailandWoman in a market selling street-food kebabs from a charcoal-fuelled stove. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficie...

HondurasA landslide has blocked a road. Farmers sawing a fallen tree. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through b...

ThailandWorkers unloading charcoal from a boat. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficient processing and marketing and thei...

ThailandA woman unloading mangrove logs that will be used for charcoal production. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficien...

CambodiaA man and woman selling fuel wood in a wood market. The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficient processing and market...

CambodiaTwo young men selling charcoal along the roadside.The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme of FAO contributes to the sustainable production of wood fuels, their efficient processing and marketin...

EgyptGirls working for a date firm: packing dates into boxes. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egypti...

EgyptGirl decorating her skin with henna (Lawsonia alba), a reddish dye obtained from the powdered leaves of the henna plant. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Fores...

EgyptThe traditional method of pressing olives to make olive oil using a donkey-drawn olive press. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A)....

HondurasRepairing storm damage in Honduras presents an opportunity to adopt measures that will reduce losses in future disasters. - - General: General.

ThailandCharcoal is made in a commercial kiln. The kiln uses mangrove trees grown specifically for making charcoal, helping to conserve forest resources. - - General: General.

MozambiqueFree distribution of oranges grown on a communal plot of land with technical support from the Provincial Forests and Wildlife Services. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

MozambiqueA carpentry class organized by the project. Local timber is being used to make furniture that can be sold to create an income for the community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Manage...

SenegalThe advantages of this improved stove are that it is less of a fire hazard, it smokes significantly less than an open fire resulting in less cases of irritated eyes and lungs as well as clothes remain...

HondurasLabourers strip off bark and square felled trees in preparation for their transport to a mill. - - Agro-forestry: HON/86/001. This project encompasses forest management, timber harvesting and educatio...

IndonesiaInside Indonesia's largest and ultra-modern pulp and paper mill in northern Sumatra. - - General: General. The Republic of Indonesia is made up of 13 700 islands housing an estimated population of 185...

BhutanBhutanese farmers at work in their rice fields in the Wangdiphodrang Valley, some 100 kilometres and three mountain ranges east of Thimphu. - - Forestry and Agriculture Development. Bhutan, a small la...

NigerBalanites Aegyptiaca. This tree is used to make furniture and some domestic utensils while oil is extracted from its fruit. Its branches are used for dune fixation and its bark and roots are used to m...

BrazilNursery for fuelwood production: preparation of containers for eucalyptus seedlings. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State.

NepalRural women of west-central Nepal carrying loads of fuelwood from nearby forests to their mountain homes. - - FAO in Nepal. The land-locked Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, with approximately 18 million in...

SudanKassala: women carrying loads of fuelwood. - - Fuelwood Development for Energy: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan, 80 percent of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy requirements. Ru...

HondurasPiles of timber at a saw mill in Chaquite Grande. - - Industrial and Energy Development in Rural Communities: TCP/HON/6652.

SudanCamels are used to transport charcoal and fuelwood. - - Fuelwood Development for Energy: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan, 80 percent of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy require...

GermanyWorkshop participants were shown how to harvest a forest uprooted by strong winds in the south of the Federal Republic of Germany. A tensioned steel wire is used to slide the logs to the roadside for...

BhutanMan made terraces blanket the Valley of Thimphu in the central highlands of Bhutan. Farmers here alternate the growing of rice, wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables in the terraced fields. - - Fores...

MexicoFelled logs are inspected and numbered before loading at Chetumal in Quintana Roo. Tropical timber production is being increased under FAO's plan to improve management of national forestry resources....

BhutanWomen workers sort and clean mushrooms at the FAO assisted mushroom production centre at Phuntsholing. Mushrooms were almost unknown in Bhutan until recently, now they are an important crop and more c...

BhutanTimber unloading yard at a new forest industries plant in a mountain village between Thimphu and Phuntsholing. The factory, managed by an FAO expert, produces plywood, fibreboard, panels and construct...

BhutanA young farmer transplants rice in the rain outside a village in the Valley of Paro in the central highlands of Bhutan. Bhutan is famous for its "red rice", grown only on terraces in the mountain vall...

BhutanFarming families at work in the terraced fields of the Valley of Thimphu in the central highlands of Bhutan. Helping one another transplant and harvest the rice crop is an ancient tradition among Bhut...

MyanmarWorkers weeding Chir pine seedlings at the Maymyo Forest Department Nursery, which will be used in reforestation plantations. - - General: General. Burma is faced with an increasing shortage of fuel w...

NepalA government Forestry Officer uses a flip chart to explain aspects of the FAO-assisted Community Forestry Development Project to villagers near Kathmandu. - - Wood for Energy Programme. FAO is involve...

ThailandForest nursery in the Mai Sa project area to provide seedlings for reforestation of bare and eroded land. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of...