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The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… said: "Development & Climate Days 2015 will highlight the amazing work already being done on the frontlines of climate change in … – toward efficient and thriving zero-emissions economies. This is our only option for sustained poverty reduction and climate sanity." …
News, 26 November 2015
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 15 Methodological proposal for farmer-scientist land use planning
… use planning MAC. Tzinnia Carranza L. · Background Initially, the work progressed satisfactorily but became more complicated when the … that it and genetic resources in Meso America. is only through hard work and by learning from our experiences, that it will be possible to The campesinos have taken …
Publication, 01 January 1997
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How to boost investment in locally controlled forestry in Mexico
… IUCN, The Resource Foundation and Deutsche Bank. We wanted to present our Spanish translation of the Guide to Investing in Locally Controlled … in order to improve the business environment. What next? Through our workshop we have developed a framework for promoting greater … early November, we will share the results of the workshop and launch our translation of the ILCF Guide, at a breakfast meeting for decision …
Insight, 01 October 2013
No easy, quick solutions to improving life in the "slums"
… BBC journalist Paul Mason’s  “Our World,”  shown on the 26th August 2011, relies once more on … evicted and resettled four hours away from the city struggle to find work. The programme suggested that building new houses within the … of 6,000 households in Manila at risk of eviction. While this might work in this case, it isn’t going to be a strategy for all of the 900 …
Insight, 05 September 2011
Call for agricultural research to serve people and planet
… and environmental issues that are at the heart of the problems of our time." Oxfam Novib states that "This book makes a vital contribution to the ongoing debate on ways to address the stresses on our local and global food systems, by exploring the roles and … agricultural sciences, can create more local and global synergies in our food systems. The innovative video links and audio files bring in …
News, 06 May 2009
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 The REFLECT process at an international level
… David Archer Introduction workshop was the operational expression of our own REFLECT circle which has been Two years since the publication of … just as an 95 organisations, and many more countries and approach to work at a local level, but as an organisations are planning to start …
Publication, 01 January 1998
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Celebrating the 50th issue of evolving discourses on participatory Critical reflections, future development
… The wealth and directions: defining the context ORIAL Reaching our 50th issue has been no calibre of shared experience and for the 50th … present past 16 years. We felt that such an engaged in participatory work ­ and particularly future. occasion could not go unmarked in …
Publication, 01 October 2004
A REDD strategy team talk to farmer Nimale Maribu at the Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique. Photo: Mike Goldwater
Testing REDD+ in Mozambique
… aimed to prepare a national REDD+ strategy for Mozambique . To date our work has included the development of Mozambique’s national REDD+ …
Project, 01 October 2013
A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
Insight, 07 February 2014
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
… Our March Critical Theme meeting looked at the environmental and … Areas , the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) and its work on reducing urban poverty , and the importance of meaningful …
Event, 16 March 2015