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The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City (Image: Gerald Paragas and Amillah Rodil)
New film tracks city's recovery from deadly typhoon
… recently issued a call for proposals for the third round of funding under the project. Researchers have until 21 July, 2016 to submit …
News, 07 July 2016
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The watering down of participatory budgeting and people power in Porto Alegre, Brazil (PLA 58)
… and political sustainability of such initiatives are now taking place under the banner of an emerging campaign called Popular Sovereignty. …
Publication, 01 June 2008
A sunset in rural Mali: a new day is dawning towards securing the land rights of rural communities (Photo: Kurt Paterson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land
… redefines what is "state-owned land". Before this law was introduced, under the Code Domaniale et Foncier, all untitled land belonged to the … claims any rights to the land. Now, customary unregistered land held under customary law is no longer recognised as belonging to the state. …
Article, 10 August 2017
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Participatory quota setting (PLA 55)
… Nature (WWF) Wildlife Management Series. The toolbox was developed under WWF’s Support to CAMPFIRE (SupCamp) project in Zimbabwe (see …
Publication, 01 December 2006
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Contesting Inequality in Access to Forests: Zimbabwe country study.
… of contradictory regulations. The state’s control of forestry is now under challenge from alliances in the private sector and civil society. …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Three women and a man sit on a bench.
Women claim their space in land governance
… now elected committee officers in three counties, representing just under 50% of the available leadership positions. Continued efforts are …
Insight, 18 November 2021
Aerial footage of palm oil plantations alongside a river
Q&A: CBA15 innovation theme highlights transformative change
… we are planning. These are the sessions that we have programmed under the innovation theme... On Tuesday, 15 June, we will have a …
Article, 03 June 2021
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
… In that role Esther represents those who farm non-timber products under the forest canopy – work that provides a livelihood for around 1.3 …
Article, 03 June 2021
India at the UN Climate negotiations: back to the wall
… and China – often referred to as the  BASIC countries – would come under pressure from the European Union to agree to take on … made it clear that India would push for a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol for developed countries, but that it was … a process to develop another legal instrument or a legal outcome under the Convention applicable to all Parties, without a specific …
Insight, 22 December 2011
A group of people holding a tree seedling
Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people
… Kenya-Tanzania border. The indigenous sections of these forests are under particular threat since illegal loggers prefer wood from …
Insight, 26 March 2020