
Tony Rinaudo
The Forestmaker
Johannes Dieterich(Editor)
Rüffer & Rub (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-3-906304-36-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo revolutionized reforestation in Africa with Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). His method is based on deploying tree stumps and roots that still grow even in degraded landscapes: thanks to the protection and care of the shoots, the original tree population can be regenerated without major financial costs. The method is now successfully applied in at least 24 African countries. Where the desert was still expanding 20 years ago, farmers reforest large areas with FMNR: in Niger alone seven million hectares of land were already restored in this way.
Up to 700 million people will most likely be obliged to leave their homelands during the next three decades because of increasing desertification in the landscapes where they live. In the opinion of scientists, there is only one hope: to convince the local farmers of 'sustainable land management'. Tony Rinaudo believes that with FMNR he has found the appropriate method for such management-and just in time to stop, or even to be able to reverse the destruction of livelihoods.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Zürich
Switzerland
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
24
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-906304-36-6 (9783906304366)
Schweitzer Classification
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06/2018
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Persons
Editor
Johannes Dieterich (b. 1957) has reported for more than 20 years from Johannesburg as the Africa correspondent for several German language newspapers and magazines like Berliner Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, brandeins (Hamburg) and profil (Vienna). He has to cover no less than 50 African countries. The reporter first met Tony Rinaudo in Somalia in April 2016, afterwards also accompanying the 'forest-maker' to Ethiopia and Niger.
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Translation
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Content
Content
Prologue | Johannes Dieterich
Tony's Travails | Johannes Dieterich
Discovering the Underground Forest | Tony Rinaudo
FMNR is Now a Widely Scaled-Up Agricultural Practice in the Drylands: A Robust Legacy of Tony Rinaudo's Career | Dennis Garrity
"Trust Would Be a Good Starting Point" | Interview with Günter Nooke
Postscript | Tony Rinaudo