PRESA | Pro poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa

Welcome to PRESA

Local farmers participating in field auctions bids on the amount of money they needed to plant trees on their farms. Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Forest conversion to agricultural lands through slash and burn in Balayan Souroumba, Guinea

Agroforestry systems as seen in Kapingazi catchment in Embu district, Kenya. PHOTO: M. MAKELA

Bitereko Carbon farmers group in Bushenyi district, Uganda during a field visit. PHOTO: V. MEADU

PRESA – Pro poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa – aims at improving the livelihoods of smallholders living in the highlands of Eastern and Western Africa by enhancing fair and effective environmental service rewards. PRESA is run by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).

PRESA activities are designed in the form of action research and practical experience to directly influence and engage key stakeholders in active learning on payments or rewards for environmental services.This approach is aimed at catalysing policy support and private sector participation in environmental service agreements.