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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

Cross-border collaboration in Middle East for Environmental Sustainability

Article
Voices & Views

The Middle East has faced political tension, military conflicts and other disputes for many years. It is, as a result, a region with one of the most enduring conflicts in the world. The EU has set out its policy on the Middle East...

Asia
Israel
Jordan
+1
Palestine
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Conservation
Natural resource management
+4
Environment & green economy
Environmental research
Peace and Security
Conflict prevention, Peace keeping & Peace building

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

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

Declining Bee Numbers: Measures to Protect the Pollinators in Africa and Asia

Article
Voices & Views

As the crucial role of bees as pollinators of the world’s food supply is increasingly becoming common knowledge, reports about the serious decline of honeybee populations in Europe and the USA have alarmed governments, the private...

Africa
Kenya
Asia
+1
Thailand
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Food & Nutrition Security
Forests

An Integrated Environmental Approach to the SDGs

Article
Voices & Views

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted unanimously by UN member states in September 2015, have given the international community and national governments a number of targets and principles – chief among them, to advance an...

Europe
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests

New Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Development Cooperation

Article
Voices & Views

With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, experts agree that the continuing trend towards urbanisation is both inevitable and irreversible. New EC guidelines propose a fresh mindset to assist the...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Capacity Development
Climate change & disaster risks
+9
Development Policy
Energy
Environment & green economy
Knowledge Management
Learning
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Forests
Transport & Infrastructure
Urban Development

The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises

Article
Voices & Views

Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster...

Africa
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Food & Nutrition Security
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Forests

Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential

Article
Voices & Views

Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report...

Africa
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+4
Energy
Environment & green economy
Fisheries
Forests