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Shaping decisions for development

Transparency: can it work for sustainable development? Britain and France have just announced they will join an initiative to increase transparency in business deals and expose corruption. Can it help sustainable development?

An oil flare in Port Harcourt Nigeria.

Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together With the Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, a new biodiversity project highlights its importance and draws out tensions that arise when biodiversity is put at the centre of development policies.

Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.

Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry? An unlikely sounding tuber could help local farmers achieve a landscape of community forestry in all but name in Myanmar.

Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.

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Picture of a pinkish flower of the Elephant Foot Yam, with the yam growing on a stem inside the flower..

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Elephant Foot farmers from Chin State meet to discuss the crop.

Report scopes sustainability of China-Latin America relations Study examining Chinese trade and investment in mining, agriculture and forestry in Chile, Brazil and Peru says sustainability is increasingly on the agenda.

Satellite image of the zinc, lead and silver mine in Cerro de Pasco, Peru.

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Highlights

In Our World: 24 May (natural resources, climate, long reads and more)

Webcast recording: Investment in sustainable land use

Grasslands in Namibia

Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market

Matoke sellers in Uganda. Photo: Bill Vorley