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Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

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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

Empowering rural women to achieve sustainable wildlife management

Article
Voices & Views

Women and girls are at the heart of rural communities worldwide. Their contribution to ending poverty and ensuring food security is fundamental. They also play a critical role in natural resource management and can influence how...

Africa
Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Guyana
Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Food & Nutrition Security
Gender

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

Améliorer la préservation de la faune et la sécurité alimentaire avec les communautés locales

Article
Voices & Views

Bien que les origines de la COVID-19 soient encore inconnues, la plupart des explications pointent vers une source animale. La transmission de maladies de l'animal à l'homme n'est pas rare, mais cette pandémie a intensifié le...

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
+2
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Food & Nutrition Security

Improving wildlife conservation and food security with local communities

Article
Voices & Views

While the origins of COVID-19 are still unknown, most explanations point to an animal source. Although the transmission of diseases from animals to humans is not uncommon, this pandemic has intensified the debate on the widespread...

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
+2
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Food & Nutrition Security

Our Sea Our Life: Marine conservation in Mozambique

Article
Voices & Views

Our Sea Our Life works with vulnerable communities on the coast in the Province of the Cabo Delgado in the north of Mozambique to support the conservation of marine biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. We caught up with...

Africa
Mozambique
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Fisheries

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