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Daniel Hayward (UK) worked around Europe for 15 years as a dancer, choreographer and dance writer. Following retraining in sustainable development, he now works as an international development researcher, focused on land relations, agricultural value chains, gender, and migration. As well as working for Land Portal, Daniel is the project coordinator of the Mekong Land Research Forum at Chiang Mai University, and consultant for a variety of local and international NGOs and research institutes.
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Green Climate Fund invests $23.1 million towards building the climate resilience of Mongolian herder communities
UNDP-supported project to benefit close to one million vulnerable people in a nation where climate change is threatening natural resources and fragile ecosystems
Mongolia’s pitiless dzud
Main photo: A herder collects snow to be melted down into drinking water.
The dzud is a peculiar weather phenomenon unique to Mongolia in which every few years a summer drought combines with a harsh winter. Nomadic herders can only despair as piles of dead, frozen sheep and goats stack up across the steppes, dead from either starvation or the cold. It is not uncommon to see a frozen animal dead on its feet.
China builds coal power plant in Bangladesh despite protests
Local people evicted and livelihoods at risk in Barguna district, as civil society group warns plant will damage important hilsa fish populations.
A Chinese-backed coal power plant is being built in Bangladesh allegedly by evicting locals from their land and grabbing a riverbed.
Institute for Constitutional Studies
About Us
The Institute for Constitutional Studies (ICS) was originally set up in 2007. ICS has been working on constitutional and governance issues since its inception.
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Develop the capacity of Public Officials, Civil Society Activists and General Public on democratic governance to achieve good governance, inclusive government and accountability
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam
Tajik City's Chinatown Dream Comes Crashing Down
Rafoat Hoshimova and her family moved out of their house in the northern Tajik city of Khujand six years ago after it was announced their neighborhood would be demolished.