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Equator Prize 2015 Call for Nominations now open!
The UNDP Equator Initiative in New York has recently launched our global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2015. This prize will honor 20 outstanding local and indigenous community initiatives that...
No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors
This report is an outcome of an exploratory workshop held by IUCN in October 2013, and subsequent discussions in 2014, of a working group of relevant business and conservation experts (see authorship and participation on page 3). The working group was convened by IUCN’s Global...
The Costs of Climate Change Impacts for India: A Preliminary Analysis
India has emphasised inclusion of adaptation as a part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). For understanding adaptation requirements, we need to understand and value climate change impacts first. This preliminary assessment tries to estimate the cost of global...
Job Oppening: Agroclimatologist in CIAT
The CIAT works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture. The main goal of the Decision and Policy Analysis Program (DAPA) is...
Coping with climate change: the roles of genetic resources for food and agriculture

Genetic resources for food and agriculture play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods and in the provision of environmental services. They are key components of sustainability, resilience and adaptability in production systems. They underpin the ability of crops,...

Report and call for action "Challenges facing agricultural communities in the Himalayas: Global causes and local implication for development"

Norlha - Helping people in the Himalayas - is happy to share with you the report of the Nov 19 Symposium on the challenges facing agricultural communities in the Himalayas. 

More resources include key documents mentioned and other references ...

Demand for agricultural products drives 'shock' tree loss in tropical forests

Around five football fields of tropical forest have been illegally cleared every minute between 2000 and 2012 according to a new report.

The authors say that consumer demand in Europe and the US for beef, leather and timber is driving these...

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Aprendizaje - Acción sobre Soberanía Alimentaria y Nutricional en comunidades del Norte de Potosí. Enfoque de investigación y Desarrollo con Métodos Participativos

Vecinos Mundiales: Inspirando a la gente - Fortaleciendo a las comunidades

El documento que tenemos en nuestras manos es un bello ejemplo de la síntesis de un proyecto de desarrollo que documenta atentamente, reflexiona, aprende, prueba cosas nuevas, hace mejoras a lo...

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Aprendizaje - Acción sobre Soberanía Alimentaria y Nutricional en comunidades del Norte de Potosí. Enfoque de investigación y Desarrollo con Métodos Participativos

Vecinos Mundiales: Inspirando a la gente - Fortaleciendo a las comunidades

El documento que tenemos en nuestras manos es un bello ejemplo de la síntesis de un proyecto de desarrollo que documenta atentamente, reflexiona, aprende, prueba cosas nuevas, hace mejoras a lo...

Mountain Research and Development, Volume 34, Issue 2 available online and open access

Papers in this open issue of MRD discuss impacts of cultural and economic changes on mountains, as well as mountains’ role as resource providers. Research topics include migration trends among ethnic Tibetans in Nepal leading to depopulation of their native mountain valleys;...

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