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Demonstrating the use of alternative building materials at the Jinja Building Materials Training Centre, Uganda. (Photo: David Dodman)
Reducing risks to urban health and building climate resilience
Insight, 17 March 2014
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… should also ensure they are fully familiar with their land rights under law, understand land markets, and have a clear vision for how they … negotiating contracts with investors '. Third, once the investment is under way, community members should monitor impacts on their land and …
Article, 27 January 2020
The sky is visible through a forest
Exploring why people eat wild meat – and designing better alternatives
… how their hunting and consumption patterns may or may not change under different hypothetical project scenarios. People picked the …
Insight, 29 July 2020
People paddle in dugout canoes past a forest in Cameroon.
African land solutions: making the resource blessing a reality
… Development Forum held in Addis Ababa last week. Carlos Lopes, UN Under-Secretary and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic … implementing the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa . Under this initiative a Nairobi Plan of Action was developed to address …
Insight, 01 November 2012
Cover for G02151.pdf
An Activist Approach to Biodiversity Planning
… a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Planning (NBSAP) process under the Welcome to the In Touch section of training materials that you …
Publication, 01 December 2005
Two woman sit at a radio production desk
Can the impact of COVID-19 unite coalitions of young and old?
… and showcase young people’s creativity in the arts. This year, under COVID-19 restrictions, the celebration saw a wealth of online …
Insight, 21 July 2020
Women farmers in Senegal face challenges over land ownership. A recent workshop looked at how more equal land access could be achieved (Photo: vredeseilanden, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting to the root of gender equal land governance
… But some sociocultural conventions forbid women from having land under any circumstances. Others forbid women from opening their mouths …
Insight, 23 September 2015
A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… to deliver a return on its investment. To meet EU requirements under the EU 2020 strategy Bulgaria must ensure that 16% of its energy … energy projects, while several foreign investment projects are under construction or in operation. Yet in May 2011 the government …
Insight, 17 January 2012
Cover for G03037.pdf
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH IN BHUTAN
… in the decision to maintain at least sixty percent of the land area under forest cover, to designate more than a quarter of its territory as …
Publication, 01 January 2008
Cover for G02360.pdf
Protecting the future: Carbon, forests, protected areas and local livelihoods
… and forest degradation in developing countries being discussed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) could have …
Publication, 01 January 2008