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The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.

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Environment day
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Voices & Views

This year’s theme for World Environment Day puts the focus on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience with the slogan “Our land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” According to data from the...

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Governance & Corruption
Justice & rule of law
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Environment day

Countering environmental crime: data collection, elite corruption exposure and community engagement

Article
Voices & Views

This year’s theme for World Environment Day puts the focus on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience with the slogan “Our land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” According to data from the UN, up to 40%...

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Governance & Corruption
Justice & rule of law

Views from the Field: Q&A with Thierry Cozier, EU Head of Cooperation in Sierra Leone

Article
Voices & Views

Over two years since the Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone has seen modest recovery while continuing to struggle with the legacy of its civil war. EU Head of Cooperation, Thierry Cozier, discusses the challenges of addressing food...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Fisheries
Fishing policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+5
Post conflict
Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Anti-Corruption tools and methods
Transparency

EU-Honduras Timber Negotiations Strengthen Fight against Illegal Logging

Article
Voices & Views

If you have ever been to Honduras, you will know that it is one of the greenest countries in Central America. Forestry has had a long history there and continues to be an important source of energy for the impoverished rural...

Americas & the Caribbean
Honduras
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+4
Governance & Corruption
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration

Young Voices for Inclusive Governance

Article
Voices & Views

At the European Development Days, several leading development and youth organisations came together to organise a session on Young Voices for Inclusive Governance. The panel included two young people, Luciano from Brazil and...

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
+1
Brazil
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+2
Governance & Corruption
Forests

Africa's Natural Resources: ‘Resource-Rich’ Shouldn’t Mean ‘Conflict Ridden’

Article
Voices & Views

All too often, the countries in Africa that nature has endowed with the most economically valuable resources have also struggled with devastating instability and conflict: A paradox that the African Union and European Commission...

Africa
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Capacity Development
Climate change & disaster risks
+8
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration

Regional Farmers’ Organisations Have Potential for Greater Input in Rural Development

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Voices & Views

Farmers’ organisations could play a larger role in rural development, according to one Asian farmers’ representative, who would like to see donors working more closely with farmers’ groups and even make direct funding allocations...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries
Food & Nutrition Security
+1
Governance & Corruption