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Maasai Rights in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
… wonder of the world and a great tourist attraction. It is also a home to some 40,000 Maasai pastoralists, who have been struggling for … set against the principles of the rule of law and democratic governance. The authors argue that limitations placed on the Maasai by …
Publication, 01 January 1998
An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'
Insight, 02 June 2016
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
Article, 25 May 2016
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… refugee camps – the camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan that is home to more than 80,000 people is estimated to cost the international …
Insight, 15 September 2015
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… are changing, for three reasons. 1 ‘Land grabbing’ starts at home Recent research from SOAS reminds us that endemic land conflict in … is systemic action to strengthen local land rights and voices in land governance. 3 The land footprint of international economic treaties Land … resource investments are often due to shortcomings of national law or governance. During the recent land rush, governments allocated many …
Insight, 25 May 2016
When infrastructure is not provided, or not affordable, the urban poor find their own way around the problem, as in Delhi, India, where electricity is tapped
Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up
Insight, 15 December 2017
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… wild. The recent results from Bwindi’s last census show the park is home to 400 gorillas – close to half of the world’s mountain gorilla … meet their needs. Research has also been carried out into how local governance is affecting the revenue sharing programme around the park. … receiving greater benefits from protecting the gorillas’ biodiverse home.  Find out more about the project . …
Insight, 26 July 2013
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
Insight, 12 December 2017
Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)
How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?
… Africa is home to 25 per cent of the world's remaining rainforests and 17 per cent …
Insight, 11 January 2017
Harvesting paddy fields
Ensuring small holders aren't squeezed out of agricultural investments
… play a particularly important role in producing food for both home consumption and for domestic and global markets. Today, Oxfam and …
Insight, 06 December 2012