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Cover for G01635.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 A village picture book
… Dutch farmers. We explained and water conservation activities. Our research that we would like to undertake many activities depends on …
Publication, 01 January 1996
A small-scale mine in Mawemeru village, Geita district, Tanzania (Photo: copyright Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
A mine of information
… box below. Matthew McKernan ( [email protected] ) is a research consultant on IIED's ASM programme. …
Insight, 20 April 2015
Two forest farmers from Ghana, including the head of a local community forest group, alongside some cocoa beans (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework
… Universidad Científica del Sur and Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); the event was was inaugurated by Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, …
Project, 21 May 2014
These cars in downtown Lanzhou are part of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in China. But electric cars require nearly 10kg of cobalt per vehicle, which may encourage increased deep-sea mining (Photo: Tim Zachernuk, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining in the deep-sea bed: are we ready?
… The trouble is that the world has invested very little scientific research to understand the deep seabed and its role in healthy ocean …
Insight, 12 November 2018
Photo: Farah Sevilla, Alyansa Tigil Mina
How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
… manage project impacts and community relations." The book includes research from Africa, Asia, the Russian Far East and Azerbaijan that …
News, 25 April 2013
Central Malawi: Belia Sikelo farms groundnuts using 'conservation agriculture', a set of practices including no-till farming, designed improve soil structure and help resist erosion. (Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT)
2015: the International Year of Soils
… note is the ' Managing Africa's Soils ' series, which discusses research results on soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa.   …
Article, 09 April 2015
Game reveals complex links between poverty and threats to apes
… The ape experts had gathered at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Bogor, Indonesia for a three day workshop on the …
Insight, 13 January 2012
Assessing the contribution of pollination to sustainable horticultural production
… in an earlier phase, in collaboration with the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn, Germany. These methods need a …
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
… economic returns from agricultural and hydropower components Recent research led by GWI West Africa on the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso and the …
News, 25 March 2015
Cover for G01682.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 13 Discrepancies in understanding historical land use changes in Uganda
Publication, 01 January 1997