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Cathy H. Watson

  • Chief of programme development, World Agroforestry Centre
Nairobi
As seen in: The Guardian, Scientific American, Agenda (World Economic Forum), Mongabay, AllAfrica, Daily Monitor, The Star (Kenya), The New Humanitarian, Food Tank, cifor.org and
Ashoka fellow, Senior Advisor, Center for Intl Forestry Research CIFOR & World Agroforestry ICRAF, Alum Princeton, Missouri @MUAgroforestry, Views my own
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Pionniers de la collecte « respectueuse » de graines grâce à l’escalade d’arbres géants en Côte d’Ivoire - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

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By Cathy H. Watson
| cifor.org
Sujets liés Articles L’accès aux graines des arbres majestueux tels que l’acajou africain (Khaya ivorensis) est essentiel pour restaurer la forêt guinéenne, gravement dégradée, en Côte d’Ivoire. Ces graines jouent un rôle clé dans les ambitieux objectifs de restauration du pays. Cependant, leur collecte s’accompagne souvent de pratiques dangereuses et nuisibles.
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Pioneering “respectful” seed collection through high tree climbing in Côte d’Ivoire

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By Cathy H. Watson
| cifor.org
“I was able to climb high without fear. It can be an adrenalin wreck” Accessing seeds from towering trees like the African Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis) is crucial to restoring Côte d’Ivoire’s depleted Guinean Forest: they are pivotal to the country’s ambitious restoration goals. However, obtaining their seeds often involves dangerous and damaging practices. Thus, capacitating high tree climbers is essential so that such colossal keystone species have a future.
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Against all odds: Fragile plant specimens arrive safely and thrive in forest station

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By Cathy H. Watson
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In Yangambi, a cargo of seedlings in a race against time to support nutrition in remote biosphere By the time Samuel Muthemba reached the nursery in Yangambi at 5:30 pm, the two boxes of bare-rooted grafted fruit tree seedlings had been in transit for 27 hours.
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