Pro-Natura International Innovation Towards Sustainable Development Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Home About Us Fighting Poverty Biochar Biodiversity Climate Change Support Us Linking Poverty Alleviation with Environmental Preservation For more than 30 years, Pro-Natura has been tackling the social, economic and environmental problems that face rural communities in the Developing World. The aim is to provide viable economic alternatives to those people struggling to make a living from imperilled environments. This is achieved by building local capacity and establishing participative governance, so that the preservation and restoration of natural resources can be linked to local economic success. Delivering sustainability is a complex challenge and Pro-Natura’s strength lies in the network of in-house and third-party experts it can deploy to build the local capacity needed to implement integrated solutions. The network is backed up by an experienced executive management team and a world-class Advisory Board. Our expertise Community and local government development Training programs to promote, facilitate and strengthen participatory community development Sustainable farming, agroforestry & sustainable forestry techniques Fighting against malnutrition Fostering of small & medium sized enterprises and markets Cross-border conservation area planning and implementation Environmental, social and human impact assessment for investments Exploration of forest canopies & biodiversity preservation Biomass energy assessment and projects (green-charcoal) Newsletters The history of Biochar 2021 Greening the Sahel 2021 The Akassa model 2021 Carbon credits 2021 Green charcoal 2020 Revitalising oases 2020 Agroecology in Africa 2020 Agroforestry & Biochar 2020 Biochar & Climate 2019 Biochar & Agriculture 2019 Agroecology & Biochar 2016 Cornwall National Park 2016 PNI Guyana Institute 2015 China leader in biochar 2015 Agroecology & Biochar 2015 The Planet Revisited The birth of Pro-Natura About Pro-Natura All newsletters Subscribe to newsletters Videos Papua New Guinea 2012 Biochar seen by farmers CarboChar Prototype in 2002 Super Vegetable Garden Canopy-Glider Press Interview G. Reinaud (French) Santo-Vanuatu New Agriculturalist on biochar NYTimes on expeditions L’Espresso on expeditions – Italian Other Sites Pro-Natura Nigeria Pro-Natura on YouTube Pro-Natura on Facebook One Million Forests Search Legal notice