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…
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…
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…
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
How can we produce more food without depleting finite natural resources? This question was discussed during a side event at the UN Rio+20 Conference in June.
