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Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… green bean value chain. The initiative was implemented by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) , Traidcraft Exchange , in collaboration …
Insight, 09 September 2019
A fishing vessel is dwarfed by a crude oil tanker in Singapore harbour, illustrating the impact oil prices have on sustainable fisheries (Photo: Andrew Thomas, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Plunging oil prices: what happens to our oceans?
Insight, 15 February 2016
Study shatters myth that population growth is a major driver of climate change
News, 28 September 2009
Costs of adapting to climate change significantly under-estimated
… costs will be even more when the full range of climate impacts on human activities is considered. Parry and colleagues warn that this … costs of protecting ecosystems and the services they can provide for human society. The new report concludes that that this is an important …
News, 26 August 2009
Women work in a knitwear factory
The future of work, technological change and global inequality
… only technical. Automation will not do away with jobs that require human creativity, empathy and communication. There will also be …
Insight, 02 November 2018
Assessing the contribution of pollination to sustainable horticultural production
… if respected by actions and policy, can sustain agriculture and human livelihoods. If disregarded, their neglect can lead to a decrease …
Project, 29 June 2010
Women walking along Sélingué dam in Mali, June 2014 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS encourages states to learn from returns on investment of large dams in West Africa
… lower than anticipated. Additionally, lack of state investment in human resources to maintain the agricultural schemes and support the …
News, 25 March 2015
Taking the long view on adaptation
Insight, 12 December 2011
Cover for G01489.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 Learning by doing to enhance local initiatives
Publication, 01 January 1994
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… a small percentage of tax revenues there. The results are seen in human misery and conflict in very many places where the interests of …
Insight, 07 September 2016