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    Equity & Governance Africa Asia Insights News
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    March 17, 2014

    Struggles in East Kalimantan Underscore Need for Better Access to Environmental Information

    • environmental democracy
    More than 70 percent of Samarinda's land is allocated to mining concessions. Photo credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2009
    • environmental democracy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    March 6, 2014

    Kebakaran Hutan Indonesia Membawa Lebih Banyak Asap ke Asia Tenggara

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • fires
    Kebakaran hutan di Kalimantan, Indonesia, pada September 2011. Kredit foto: Rini Sulaiman, Kedutaan Besar Norwegia untuk Center for International Forestry Research.
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • fires
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    December 11, 2013

    Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    November 15, 2013

    Shedding Light on Land Tenure in Africa

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

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon 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
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 31, 2013

    3 Unexpected Ways to Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    July 16, 2013

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

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2013

    4 Lessons in Renewable Energy Planning: The Philippine Experience

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

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

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

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    May 16, 2013

    Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 9, 2013

    New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation
    Asia
    Insights
    May 6, 2013

    On Climate Change Adaptation, Put Local Communities First

    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • public participation
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    April 10, 2013

    Without Land, What Would a Farmer Do?

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa North America
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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