CIFOR-ICRAF aborda retos y oportunidades locales y, al mismo tiempo, ofrece soluciones a los problemas globales relacionados con los bosques, los paisajes, las personas y el planeta.

Aportamos evidencia empírica y soluciones prácticas para transformar el uso de la tierra y la producción de alimentos: conservando y restaurando ecosistemas, respondiendo a las crisis globales del clima, la malnutrición, la pérdida de biodiversidad y la desertificación. En resumen, mejorando la vida de las personas.

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CIFOR-ICRAF produce cada año más de 750 publicaciones sobre agroforestería, bosques y cambio climático, restauración de paisajes, derechos, políticas forestales y mucho más, y en varios idiomas. .

CIFOR-ICRAF aborda retos y oportunidades locales y, al mismo tiempo, ofrece soluciones a los problemas globales relacionados con los bosques, los paisajes, las personas y el planeta.

Aportamos evidencia empírica y soluciones prácticas para transformar el uso de la tierra y la producción de alimentos: conservando y restaurando ecosistemas, respondiendo a las crisis globales del clima, la malnutrición, la pérdida de biodiversidad y la desertificación. En resumen, mejorando la vida de las personas.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Erik F. Acanakwo

Scientist and Country Representative, Uganda
Email
e.acanakwo@cifor-icraf.org

Erik Francis Acanakwo joined CIFOR-ICRAF in 2019 and is currently a scientist and country representative for Uganda. A conservation enthusiast with interests in nature and environmental research, he seeks to understand the mechanisms that explain observed ecological phenomena in nature – particularly how plants interact with each other and with animals – as well as how environmental variables influence observed phenomena. Prior to joining CIFOR-ICRAF, he was a PhD fellow involved in research and teaching at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, a volunteer research assistant at ICRAF, a project officer at Uganda Conservation Foundation, a graduate student researcher at Makerere University and a trainee forester at Global Woods, Kikonda. Dr Acanakwo holds a PhD in ecology and natural resource management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas (2018), an MSc in agroforestry from Makerere University, Kampala (2011) and a BSc in forestry from Makerere University (2007).  

Dr Acanakwo’s academic and work experience have bred a passion for understanding the roles that trees and forests can play in supporting livelihoods and facilitating landscape restoration and the sustainable provision of ecosystem services. He is interested in understanding mechanisms and incentives for promoting trees on farm, the assessment of appropriate agroforestry technologies, and the use of trees on farms for carbon programming.