Regenerating Hope – Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
Revolutionising reforesting and land restoration with the simplicity and success of F.M.N.R
An Interview with Tony Rinaudo on ‘FMNR’ & his work restoring landscapes.
Season 2
Episode 1.
Published on 24th Jan 2023
Interview With:
Tony Rinaudo
Senior Climate Action Advisor - World Vision
Tony’s life work has been in the environmental and humanitarian spheres, focusing on
forest and landscape restoration and helping farmers to become self sufficient
through natural farming approaches. He works as World Vision’s Senior Climate Action
Advisor, promoting reforestation initiatives globally.
Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
In this interview I’m joined by Tony Rinaudo to discuss his revolutionary work in developing land restoration techniques that gave hope back to poverty stricken farmers in Niger, West Africa. In the decades that followed his methods have had far reaching influence in reforesting and regreening efforts across the globe.
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Show Notes:
In this episode Tony brings us an inspirational story that underlines the role of human motivation and hope in bringing regeneration to the lands around us.
At a young age Tony was inspired to uproots from his home land of Australia to carry out missionary work in Africa. His efforts to reforest vast areas despite repeated set backs demonstrated how strongly he believed that reversing the destruction of nature was the answer to turning the tide on the devastating struggles and poverty that surrounded him.
The work was hugely challenging with many set backs but things took a complete U-turn when Tony made a discovery that a simple solution had been laying there the whole time.
This discovery led to the development of a land management technique that nurtured the growth of old trees stumps which although chopped back still had life in them and an established root system underground.
The method became known as Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). It revolutionised land restoration in drylands and it’s simplicity, low cost and high success rates assisted farmers in becoming self sufficient, transforming lives in poverty stricken communities.
In the decades since Tony’s work has contributed to the reforesting of over six million hectares of land and has attracted him numerous awards and wide spread recognition.
I hope you’ll enjoy listening to Tony’s story as he shares his knowledge and incredible experience.
Use the time stamps below to get a sense of what’s included:
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
Interview With:
Tony Rinaudo
Senior Climate Action Advisor - World Vision
Tony’s life work has been in the environmental and humanitarian spheres, focusing on
forest and landscape restoration and helping farmers to become self sufficient
through natural farming approaches. He works as World Vision’s Senior Climate Action
Advisor, promoting reforestation initiatives globally.
Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Animations!
I’m creating short digestible videos to help illustrate some of the key concepts that we’re exploring!
Every month or so you’ll find a new one added here.
The Latest Animation:
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
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Helen Fisher
The Host
I take a very holistic view of the world and find enormous hope when we expand our thinking outwards and consider our issues as interconnected.
So it’s a huge delight for me to have the opportunity to speak with so many varied personalities here.
I hope you’ll enjoy learning along with me as my guests allow me to pick their brains on the diverse topics explored by this project!
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