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Power Tool: Family portraits (PLA 53)
… It is a research tool, but one which presents an immediate human dimension to many of the issues surrounding sustainable …
Publication, 01 December 2005
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
Insight, 07 June 2013
Women selling fish
Life and livelihoods: the impact of COVID-19 on small-scale fishing communities
… and is long overdue. Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, critical for reducing poverty and stimulating economic …
Insight, 08 June 2021
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Designing Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable and Productive Futures
… health problems: reduction in the abundance of diversity of wildlife, human health hazards associated with acute or chronic exposure to …
Publication, 01 January 1991
Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background
Trees need locally-grown politics
… right places protect biodiversity and soils, store carbon and enhance human lives and livelihoods. And no – sometimes trees are planted to …
Insight, 04 June 2021
A resettlement site in Guiuan, in the Philippines, almost three years after super typhoon Haiyan with 'temporary' shelters that have been adapted by residents (Photo: Elizabeth Parker)
Post-crisis urban planning: lessons from Southeast Asia
… these authorities do not have sufficient financial, technical and human resources to lead a complex urban planning process. There is also …
Insight, 06 December 2017
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
Insight, 10 December 2020
An image taken by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows Tropical Storm Hagupit weakening as it nears Manila, but it has already claimed 21 lives while COP20 proceeds in Lima (Photo: NASA/NOAA via NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory)
Philippines to lead global forum of vulnerable countries
… change. "Natural disasters like super typhoons have a devastating human cost," she said. "One of the most tragic aspects of Super Typhoon …
News, 09 December 2014
People in a Nicaraguan village play a game to learn how climate change adaptation, ecosystem management and disaster risk reduction fit together (Photo: Maya Schaerer/NLRC)
Playing climate change — can games unblock the negotiations?
Insight, 15 November 2013
Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management
… with wildlife.  Sustainable solutions that meet both conservation and human development goals require an inclusive and equitable approach to …
Article, 14 November 2018