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		<title>Baie Verte Forest Restoration</title>
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Community Forests International has partnered with Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to plant native Acadian forest species on NCC&#8217;s Baie Verte nature reserve on the Northumberland Strait. Participants are encouranged to come lend a hand and learn about Acadian forest restoration from the experts. Lunch, snacks, and beverages will be provided by NCC









Date: Saturday, May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/05/baie-verte-forest-restoration/</link>
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		<title>CFI and CFP celebrate Earth Day at Konde Secondary School</title>
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CFP Executive Director, Mbarouk Mussa Omar, and CFI Tanzania Country Director, J. Michael Tritchler, traveled to Konde Secondary School in the north of Pemba to celebrate Earth Day with students.  With assistance from the students and teachers over 200 trees were planted at the site of Konde&#8217;s new secondary school, which should open next year.
CFP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/04/cfi-and-cfp-celebrate-earth-day-at-konde-secondary-school/</link>
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		<title>Kokota Photo Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest photo updated regarding CFI&#8217;s work on Kokota Islet. We&#8217;ve been busy with the school and rainwater tank construction as the heavy rains are only a few weeks away.

&#8220;An island off an island &#8211; no school and no fresh water&#8221;
From Kokota &#8211; The Beginning of Change, posted by  on 3/21/2012 (21 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/03/kokota-photo-update/</link>
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		<title>Feeding the Forest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday CFI and CFP staff visited the community of Wawi, located in the Vitongoji village. The organization has been supporting the community&#8217;s efforts to plant trees and has identified Wawi as a good fit for an agroforestry demonstration site.
This year, in addition to planting the 306,000 trees that the organization has helped grow, Community Forest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/03/feeding-the-forest/</link>
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		<title>Pemba Nursery Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our partners in Pemba have been busy growing trees for this years planting season (April &#8211; May). Nine communities have grown 306,000 seedlings this year, which is a record for the project. There&#8217;s still lot&#8217;s to be done in the way of land preparation and seedlings care but 2012 looks like it&#8217;s going to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/03/pemba-nursery-update/</link>
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		<title>Timber Framing at Whaelghinbran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CFI members and staff came together recently to build a small timber frame structure at Whaelghinbran Farm. The frame is made from locally sourced, FSC approved red spruce, and is carved out by hand to create a series of interlocking timbers that are fastened together with wooden &#8220;nails&#8221;. The structure will be used as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/02/timber-framing-at-whaelghinbran/</link>
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		<title>New Brunswick Community Land Trust (NBCLT) to Host Info Sessions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
he New Brunswick Community Land Trust (NBCLT) will be hosting a series of information sessions concerning conservation tools available to farmers and woodlot owners interested in keeping their land in sustainable, healthy production for future generations.  These working lands conservation easements allow landowners to maintain ownership and production of their land while protecting all or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/02/new-brunswick-community-land-trust-nbclt-to-host-info-sessions/</link>
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		<title>CFI at Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) &#8211; Feb 8 @ noon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following has been taken from the NSAC News site.
Planting Trees, Growing Communities
Community Forest International to speak at NSAC
Representatives from Community Forest International will be speaking at Nova Scotia Agricultural College as part of International Development Week activities on Wednesday, February 8th beginning at noon.
“NSAC International wants to connect NSAC and our community with global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/02/cfi-at-nova-scotia-agricultural-college-nsac-feb-8-noon/</link>
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		<title>Kokota Islet Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago I wrote about a small islet off of the main Pemba island called Kokota. This islet houses about 500 people despite a few shortcomings &#8211; Kokota lacks a fresh water source and a school, forcing villagers to travel to Pemba daily to fill up buckets of water for drinking and cooking. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/02/kokota-islet-update/</link>
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		<title>Why Susan wants CFI to save her farm!</title>
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Here&#8217;s what we think of the folks at Community Forests International:
They are young and full of positive energy.
They know how to work and they work hard.
They use their minds, their hearts and they use the rest of their muscles too.
They are intelligent and committed.
They do what they say they want to do.
They are joyful learners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://forestsinternational.org/2012/01/why-susan-wants-cfi-to-save-her-farm/</link>
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