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Depleted land needs more water, which is already insufficient across much of Central Asia
8 March 2023
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping

Water-sensitive urban designs for Bhutan’s Cities
4 February 2023
Bhutan

Experts look at water-sensitive urban designs for Bhutan’s Cities

 A fisherman drives his boat past dead trees that slid into the Mekong River during a riverbank collapse
13 February 2023
Laos
Thailand

Questions mount over the Xayaburi Dam’s changes to water and sediment flows as the river swallows farmers’ land.

3 February 2023
Africa
Zimbabwe

The article tells how the farmers in Chinyika, Gutu District, heavily affected by droughts, came up with a way to improve soil fertility by herding together their cattle. The collective action to address a problem that affects them all stands out in this story.

A motorist navigates his way through a crack on a road in Joshimath, India
7 January 2023
India

Authorities in an Indian Himalayan town have stopped construction activities and started moving hundreds of people to temporary shelters after a temple collapsed and cracks appeared in over 600 houses because of sinking of land, officials said Saturday.

a farmer from Rajbari District, Bangaldesh
30 December 2022
Bangladesh

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk

19 October 2022
Africa
South America
Asia
India

Sixth edition of ILDC is being organized in hybrid mode during 7-9 December, 2022 with theme “Global Pulls on Local Lands : Southern Perspectives” at Bengaluru, India. The objective of this year's conference is to further and expand the scope of South-South Exchange around land conversations and cooperations, that began during the last episode, while the focus of the deliberations will c

12 January 2019
Venezuela

La deforestación en el estado Amazonas se ha intensificado en los últimos cinco años, pues la pequeña minería ilegal al sur del río Orinoco ha cobrado más fuerza, desde que se oficializó la Zona de Desarrollo Estratégico Nacional “Arco Minero del Orinoco”, un decreto con el que se entregaron concesiones mineras a empresas nacionales y extranjeras, para la explotación de bauxita, cobre, diamante

13 September 2022
South Africa

The mining executives responsible for the Jagersfontein mine dam wall burst, which has claimed lives and caused major destruction to the community, must be held accountable for the loss of lives, homes and people livelihoods, Amnesty International South Africa said today.

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Clima Info

O Instituto ClimaInfo surge com o objetivo de oferecer um ambiente livre de especulações e fake news sobre mudanças climáticas para contribuir com um debate produtivo, baseado em fatos e dados reais, sobre ações e políticas para a mitigação e a adaptação às consequentes mudanças climáticas globais.

No ClimaInfo você encontrará notícias, estudos e pesquisas sobre os vários temas relacionados às mudanças do clima,  além de entrevistas, análises e verificações de fatos. Além do site, mantemos boletim diário com o resumos diário das principais notícias publicadas na imprensa.

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The Dedan Kimathi University of Technology motto is: “Better Life through Technology”.

 

VISION STATEMENT

To be a Premier Technological University Excelling in Quality Education, Research, and Technology Transfer for National Development.

 

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Economics of Land Degradation Initiative logo

The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative is an initiative on the economic benefits of land and land based ecosystems. The initiative highlights the value of sustainable land management and provides a global approach for analysis of the economics of land degradation. It aims to make economics of land degradation an integral part of policy strategies and decision making by increasing the political and public awareness of the costs and benefits of land and land-based ecosystems.

Spread across diverse ecological and social geographies, FES works towards conservation of nature and natural resources through collective action of local communities. The crux of FES efforts lie in locating forests and other natural resources within the prevailing economic, social and ecological dynamics in rural landscapes.

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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a non-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity.

International Potato Center logo

The International Potato Center, known by its Spanish acronym CIP, was founded in 1971 as a root and tuber research-for-development institution delivering sustainable solutions to the pressing world problems of hunger, poverty, and the degradation of natural resources. CIP is truly a global center, with headquarters in Lima, Peru and offices in 20 developing countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Working closely with our partners, CIP seeks to achieve food security, increased well-being, and gender equity for poor people in the developing world.

Land Degradation & Development is an international journal which seeks to promote rational study of the recognition monitoring control and rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments. The journal focuses on: what land degradation is; what causes land degradation; the impacts of land degradation the scale of land degradation; the history current status or future trends of land degradation; avoidance mitigation and control of land degradation; remedial actions to rehabilitate or restore degraded land; sustainable land management.

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Excellent administration and management of land for sustainable development

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To implement an efficient land administration and management system in order to ensure equity in access to land

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SED CERO (SEDCERO)

El Programa SEDCERO es la acción coordinada de diversos actores sociales para garantizar el acceso a agua segura para consumo, producción y saneamiento en Argentina, Bolivia y Paraguay, especialmente en la región del Gran Chaco Americano. Para ello, el Programa busca incidir en políticas mejorar las capacidades actuales de resolución de problemas sociales a nivel de políticas, de gestión social y comunitaria.

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Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER )

HEKS champions the cause of a more humane and just world and a life in dignity. Internationally, HEKS/EPER focuses on rural community development, humanitarian aid and inter-church cooperation. 

The Earth League is an international alliance of institutional and individual members, who work together to respond to some of the most pressing issues faced by humankind including climate change, depletion of natural resources, land degradation, water scarcity, or food security. The work of the alliance is guided by the principles of sustainable development.

Es función de la UPRA orientar la formulación y ejecución de políticas públicas para la planificación del ordenamiento productivo y de la propiedad rural, con el fin de promover el uso eficiente del suelo para el desarrollo rural agropecuario con enfoque territorial.

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