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Archive for July, 2012
Elinor Ostrom- the “non-tragedy of the commons”
Photo: IWMI. The participatory catchment monitoring network at Potshini, South Africa.Community members monitor daily rainfall, soil moisture and runoff discharge. The only woman to have received the Nobel Prize in Economics- Elinor Ostrom, passed away…
Secrets of the Central African bush trade
In the forests of Central Africa an “informal economy” in illegal logging and bushmeat trade provides employment, livelihoods and food for hundreds of thousands of people. Scientists decided to look more closely at this ‘invisible’ info…
IUFRO species conservation dec11
Jalonen R, van Zonneveld M, Thomas E, Gaisberger H, Vinceti B, Hong LT, Loo J. 2012. Identifying tree populations for conservation action through geospatial analyses. In: Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tr…
Spotlight on gender and food security: Bangladesh
Gender is an important factor when it comes to identifying adaptation solutions in poor rural communities. Photo: Sharmind Neelormi. Interview with gender grant recipient Gulsan Ara Parvin, made by Moushumi Chaudhury and edited by Lisen Stenberg