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...
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Countering environmental crime: data collection, elite corruption exposure and community engagement
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%...
Views from the Field: Q&A with Thierry Cozier, EU Head of Cooperation in Sierra Leone
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...
EU-Honduras Timber Negotiations Strengthen Fight against Illegal Logging
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...
Young Voices for Inclusive Governance
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's Natural Resources: ‘Resource-Rich’ Shouldn’t Mean ‘Conflict Ridden’
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...
Regional Farmers’ Organisations Have Potential for Greater Input in Rural Development
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...