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Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team partnered with INTPA.G.1 and provides three best practices of the EU-funded "Regreening Africa".

Ghana
Niger
Mali
+5
Kenya
Ethiopia
Senegal
Somalia
Rwanda
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Land management
+5
Environment & green economy
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
Women's empowerment

Team Europe-Kenya Partnership: community-led wildlife conservation

Article
Voices & Views

Team Europe is an important partner for Kenya’s development cooperation in the commitment to achieve the country’s national priorities and the drive towards the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals. The Team Europe-Kenya...

Africa
Kenya
Development Effectiveness
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Environment & green economy

Virunga: Preserving Africa’s national parks through people-centred development

Article
Voices & Views

Home to rare and endangered species, the Congo’s national parks are also sites of human conflict. Without addressing the material drivers behind ecological degradation, conservation risks a losing battle. For Virunga, tackling...

Africa
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Natural resource management
Wildlife trade & trafficking
+5
Environment & green economy
Environmental crime
Environmental Governance
Environmental justice & law
Natural resource management

Part One: Rethinking Business Models for Sustainability

Article
Voices & Views

One of the great challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals will be finding ways of lifting populations out of poverty, which is often associated with increased consumption and production, while at the same time dealing with...

Africa
Kenya
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Private Sector
Forests
Trade & Economic Integration

Wildlife Conservation for Development

Article
Voices & Views

Africa’s wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, encroached on by a human population set to double by 2050. The latest European Commission report on conserving the continent’s biodiversity is entitled ‘Larger than Elephants’...

Africa
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Enabling Communities to Tackle Climate Change

Article
Voices & Views

Around the tables at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, nations are striving to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. To turn recommendations into results, all stakeholders...

Africa
Benin
Uganda
+2
Americas & the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Integrating Scientific Information into Humanitarian Response

Article
Voices & Views

Traditionally humanitarian aid comes into play as an immediate response to provide lifesaving assistance in a natural or man-made disaster situation. Whereas, development practitioners work on increasing resilience to reduce the...

Africa
Togo
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Humanitarian Aid
Research for Development
Forests

Threats to the Congo Basin

Article
Voices & Views

A major report on the Congo Basin has found the world’s “second lung” is struggling to maintain its rich biodiversity amid deforestation, poaching and the worsening effects of climate change.

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Sweet Solutions: How Honey Aids Development

Article
Voices & Views

Wherever you are in the world, beekeeping is a guaranteed source of income. The international market varies but in developing countries honey production remains a vital means of subsistence. It supports the environment too, but...

Africa
Europe
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+4
Environment & green economy
Fisheries
Food & Nutrition Security
Forests

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