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Miners work deep within a tunnel at Nsangano gold mine in the Geita District (Photo: copyright Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Gold for life
Insight, 24 April 2015
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
Insight, 23 April 2015
Despite the importance of the agriculture sector in Ethiopia, access to credit is limited (Photo: Morgana Wingard/USAID, Flickr via Creative Commons)
Farming impacts in sub-Saharan Africa
News, 23 April 2015
Somboun Saiborkeno farms coffee on his smallholding on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos. Smallholders in the region are being encouraged to grow high quality and organic coffee for export (Photo: Asian Development Bank)
Scaling up sustainability in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors
Project, 23 April 2015
Vanuatu is one of the Least Developed Countries, and is increasingly affected by climate change. Here local people are constructing a river crossing using rocks and coral after flooding destroyed a bridge (Photo: 350.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing climate change adaptation in LDCs
Insight, 22 April 2015
Resource scouts such as Abdelkader, pictured in the Ewaso Ng'iro river bed, Isiolo County, gauge how best to use dry-season grazing areas (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
The economics of local adaptation in the dryland ecosystems of Isiolo County
Insight, 22 April 2015
Woman using a public water tap in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg uses 32 different indicators to assess progress towards its strategic goals. Indicators need to reflect the needs of marginalised and vulnerable groups (Photo: Ray Muzyka, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The value and limits of urban sustainability indicators
Insight, 21 April 2015
A small-scale mine in Mawemeru village, Geita district, Tanzania (Photo: copyright Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
A mine of information
Insight, 20 April 2015
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
Insight, 17 April 2015
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
Insight, 15 April 2015