Renew The Land. Speaker Profile: Segenet Tessema
April 7, 2014
Challenges and prospects in contextualizing FMNR in Timor Leste
Speaker’s name: Segenet H. Tessema
Position: Agriculture & Climate Change Technical Specialist. World Vision Pacific & Timor Leste
Biography: Segenet Tessema is an agricultural and natural resources professional with 20 years experience in Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. His presentation focuses on major challenges and practical issues that should be addressed in order to promote FMNR as one of the mainstream conservation and development interventions in Timor Leste.
Presentation Summary
The presentation reflects the potential of FMNR in curbing major natural resources degradation and in building resilience against climatic hazards and contributing to sustainable rural livelihoods.
By addressing practical issues in initiating and expanding FMNR and its interaction with other agricultural and conservation interventions, the paper tries to respond to the question of ‘WHY & HOW FMNR?’ in Timor Leste.
It also highlights the encouraging achievements by WVTL that now exist, and potential FMNR activities that would creatively address environmental and livelihood chalenges in rural Timor Leste.
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