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Protecting the world's oceans: three key tasks
Date: June 8th 2016
Source: iied
To mark World Oceans Day on 8 June, IIED director Andrew Norton sets out three ways the international community can protect marine and coastal environments.
A message for World Oceans Day 2016, with Andrew Norton
With men gone, women shake up farming in rural Nepal
By: Zoe Tabary
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As Nepali men migrate to find work, women are taking over in the fields - earning them more money and respect
Sustainable development in the Eastern Nile
By:Desalegne Tadesse
Date: Wednesday 9 June 2016
Source: IWMI
Investments in land and water are critical
European parliament slams G7 food project in Africa
By: Cécile Barbière
Date: Wednesday 8 June 2016
Source: The Guardian
Euro-MPs criticise G7-led food security programme, saying it pushes agribusiness and GM to the detriment of biodiversity and small-scale farmers
Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from West Africa
Lorenzo Cotula, Giedre Jokubauskaite
The recent wave of land deals for agribusiness investments has highlighted the widespread demand for greater accountability in the governance of land and investment. Legal frameworks influence opportunities for accountability, and recourse to law has featured prominently in grassroots responses to the land deals.
Investments and Land Rights
A new generation of forest managers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By: Fai Collins
Date: Sunday, 29 May 2016
Source: CIFOR
A university on the banks of the Congo River is producing the next generation of experts on sustainable forestry.
Co-composting: New take on traditional technology for better soils and sanitation
By: Marianne Gadeberg
Date: May 25, 2016
Source: IWMI
About 1.3 billion tons – that’s how much solid waste is generated in cities globally each year. By 2025, the number is expected to have almost doubled, reaching an estimated 2.2 billion tons. A lot of this waste is never collected and even less is treated and reused.