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PLA 57: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face
… to the challenge of poverty eradication. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 01 December 2007
Gates Foundation gives US$10 million to help urban poor improve living conditions
… unusual in that it will go direct to grassroots groups that gather under the umbrella of SDI, enabling them to improve their living …
News, 22 November 2007
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RRA Notes 11: Proceedings of a Local Level Adaptive Planning Workshop, London
… of the contributions made at the workshop. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 30 April 1991
African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
… harvesting. To generate new sources of income and meet obligations under international treaties such as the UN Convention on Biological …
News, 04 January 2006
Richard Sandbrook Memorial Lecture
… resources are coming to an end. Rivers, oceans and forests are all under threat. Cities around the world — from Barcelona to Quito — are …
News, 23 March 2011
Are small-scale farmers there to feed themselves and large-scale farmers there to feed the world? Credit: Flickr/Peter Casier
Can small-scale farmers feed the world?
… play a huge role in supplying food for vulnerable groups, under a food security policy known as Zero Hunger (Fome Zero) . Within …
Insight, 15 March 2011
A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
… to protect chimpanzee forests in Uganda Chimpanzees in Uganda are under threat as their habitat is lost to agriculture and human …
Project, 03 October 2008
A tree nursery run by Fedecovera, is the world's biggest exporter of cardamom and a cooperative with 25,000 members (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Organise to thrive
… costly membership fees. It is one of 11 regional groups united under a (third tier) umbrella organisation – the National Alliance of …
Insight, 30 June 2015
Global forest plan could boost fight against poverty and climate change
News, 09 July 2008
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PLA 58: Towards empowered participation: stories and reflections
… Community activism from the grassroots This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 31 May 2008