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Rural-urban change, boundary problems and environmental burdens
Publication, 01 January 2004
A man sat behind a desk and sign labelled 'Ethopia' gesticulates with his hands
Bringing youth’s energy from the streets to the climate negotiating table
Insight, 13 January 2022
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Science, Use Rights and Exclusion: A history of foresty in Francophone West Africa
… knowledge which gave them exclusive competence to manage forest resources according to ‘scientific principles’. This paper shows that …
Publication, 01 January 2001
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… knee jerk, reactive initiatives that entrench isolation and waste resources, we need to come together, take stock of what we know and see …
Insight, 11 February 2014
Women play a major role in the ASM sector in Ghana, as they do in all countries where ASM takes place. The dialogue meetings offered the chance to share ideas about improving working conditions and community wellbeing (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
New voices: Ghanaian miners, students and civil society representatives talk about ASM
News, 27 October 2016
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Public Participation and Oil Exploitation in Uganda
… challenges for the fair and equitable management of natural resources in Uganda. …
Publication, 01 December 2008
No easy, quick solutions to improving life in the "slums"
… informal settlements. Given these numbers and the scale of required resources, incremental upgrading – or gradual home improvements – is the … families or those receiving scarce grant finance. Without major state resources, it will always be a prohibitively expensive option for the …
Insight, 05 September 2011
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PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
… for successful CLTS and issues around scaling up CLTS in Africa. The resources section highlights key publications, websites and online … is a water and sanitation section on the website, with extensive resources. SuSanA The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is an … neglected. Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Website containing technical resources and providing a forum for people working in the areas of …
Article, 01 November 2010
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… produced more accurate evidence of how many people live there, what resources they have, what areas are susceptible to flooding or good for …
Article, 14 March 2017
Woman using a public water tap in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg uses 32 different indicators to assess progress towards its strategic goals. Indicators need to reflect the needs of marginalised and vulnerable groups (Photo: Ray Muzyka, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The value and limits of urban sustainability indicators
Insight, 21 April 2015