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FMNR: An International regreening Odyssey REFORESTATION WITHOUT PLANTING TREES? Definition: - systematic regeneration & sustainable management of - trees & shrubs - from living tree stumps, roots and seeds. 1. Select desired


  1. FMNR: An International regreening Odyssey

  2. REFORESTATION WITHOUT PLANTING TREES?

  3. Definition: - systematic regeneration & sustainable management of - trees & shrubs - from living tree stumps, roots and seeds.

  4. 1. Select desired tree stumps .

  5. 2. For each stump, choose number of stems to leave.

  6. 3. Remove unwanted stems and side branches. 4. Remove emerging new stems and prune side branches from time to time.

  7. Multiple benefits – fodder, wild foods, medicines,..

  8. Greater crop resilience to drought. Doubling of crop yields. Niger: + 500,000 tonnes of cereals/year Crop yield: No FMNR Crop yields doubled Crop yield: with FMNR

  9. 1984 – 2004  5 – 6 million ha  250,000 ha/year  200 million 1975 2003 trees

  10. Senegal Kenya Myanmar New in 2013 Mali Tanzania Indonesia India Niger Somalia Timor Leste Malawi Ghana Sudan Philippines Zimbabwe Uganda Rwanda Zambia Chad Haiti Ethiopia

  11. Aileu District, July, 2011.

  12. Take up the challenge for their Future: 5 million ha. in 5 years! Thankyou . More information: http://www.fmnrhub.com.au

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