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Equity
Africa
Insights
July 24, 2015

Addis Ababa Agenda: Bold Sustainable Development Vision to Be Backed Up by Action

  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Henrik Berger Jørgensen/Flickr.
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
Equity
Africa
Insights
March 5, 2015

Q&A with Alda Salomao: Natural Gas Project Threatens Community Land in Mozambique

  • environmental democracy
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
  • natural resources
Rural women on their way to the market. Photo by Ton Rulkens/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
  • natural resources
Equity
Asia Africa Latin America
Insights
August 1, 2014

Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Equity
  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
  • Equity
  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
Equity
Africa
Insights
May 12, 2014

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Equity
Africa
Insights
January 14, 2014

New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • land rights
  • Water
A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • land rights
  • Water
Equity
Africa
Insights
November 15, 2013

Shedding Light on Land Tenure in Africa

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental democracy
Equity
Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
Insights
September 23, 2013

Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • equity
  • governance
  • poverty
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • equity
  • governance
  • poverty
  • sustainable development
  • sustainable development goals
  • united nations
Equity
Africa
Insights
July 16, 2013

Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • Cameroon
  • governance
  • public participation
  • REDD
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • Cameroon
  • governance
  • public participation
  • REDD
Equity
Africa North America
Insights
June 13, 2013

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa
Insights
May 31, 2013

Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

  • Equity
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
  • Equity
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
Equity
Africa
Research
January 24, 2011

Avoiding the Resource Curse

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