Some figures into perspective
Below I will post some refreshing facts and figures (found in literature) in order to put smallholders and and sustainable agriculture into perspective. This may help to put the importance of sustainable agriculture and the preservation of natural capital into...
Progreso on Dutch TV
On 31 October 2016, Edmond Muller explained (on behalf of Progreso) on a national TV broadcast "Koffietijd" the problems that smallholder coffee farmers in Peru face with degrading soils and climate change. Edmond also explained what ProClimate is doing to reverse the...
New book: The Hidden Life of Trees
The German forest manager Peter Wohlleben is convinced that in the next decades we will look radically differently against trees. His book The Hidden Life of trees is a hit in Germany and is now translated in 26 countries. Does his message en the big success of his...
Successful certification of a smallholder reforestation project in Nicaragua
In January 2015, the project “Sustainable Forest Plantations” has finally been certified after 4 years of hard work with the local partner organization Fundación Dia.
Planting trees versus Geoengineering
According to a research of Oxford University trees are the most efficient and cheapest way to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere, much cheaper and efficient than Geoengineering technology