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… With landmark agreements including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in place, there is … Slum Dwellers Federation in India. This alliance seeks to support the urban poor to define their priorities and execute plans based on their … to the last mile (or, more appropriately for the provision of water services, the last 100 metres) Pressures to spend leads to project …

… overuse of fertilisers and pesticides, soil erosion, soil pollution, water scarcity and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Food safety is … 2008 milk-melamine scandal. However, there is a growing interest in sustainable food production in China. We have been working with Chinese … food security and food safety, but also higher incomes, reduced rural-urban migration, increased biodiversity and environmental health. Seth …

… (PDF)  for the Addis Ababa Accord (a global framework for financing sustainable development) is out.  If this was the first document you had … explore this issue in relation to the four billion people living in urban centres, although much of what is said here applies to rural … needs finance to act, for example to ensure universal access to safe water? To treat the water (if needed), to put in the pipes that reach …

… and other challenges to measuring and improving sanitation in urban areas. Only one of the countries covered in these two issues met … discussion around how to ensure the stronger performance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, as the editorial points … the role of tenure in sanitation decisions; and innovations in the management of waste. Several papers address the prevalence of communal …

… inaugurated as the Tijuca National Park . It’s now the largest urban forest in the world (14.7 square miles) and successfully protects Rio's water supply. This early example shows that the Brazilian state can be a … locally-controlled forestry schemes if it wants to seriously support sustainable forestry and to reduce deforestation levels in the country. …