Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Tropical forest degradation from selective logging, fire and edge effects is a major driver of carbon and biodiversity loss1–3, with annual rates comparable to those of deforestation4. However, its actual extent and long-term...

Abstract The Amazon rainforest, a vital global ecosystem, is facing significant threats from the loss of intact forest through deforestation and degradation. This report provides an overview of recent forest changes in the Amazon...

Abstract Tropical forests are fundamental for the mitigation of global warming and for containing immense biodiversity, thus the knowledge about where, how, and why they change is of crucial importance in order to find...

Abstract. The Amazon rainforest, historically fire-resistant, is experiencing an alarming increase in wildfires due to climate extremes and human activity. The 2023–2024 drought, surpassing previous records, combined with forest...

Civil society is under pressure worldwide, not only from legal restrictions but also from increasingly hostile narratives designed to erode trust in democratic actors. At the recent Team Europe Democracy (TED) Working Group (WG) 2...

Between 2024 and 2025, the Republic of Congo continued to face major economic challenges, mainly due to fluctuating oil prices on the international market, and poor governance. The World Bank has indicated that the economy should...

The enabling environment for civil society in Pakistan during the reporting period has been defined by the intersecting pressures of a volatile political landscape and an economy in a tentative stage of recovery from the 2022–23...

This report provides an analysis of the enabling environment (EE) for civil society in Myanmar/Burma [1] over the past 12 months, set against the backdrop of ongoing political turmoil and armed conflict. On 1 February 2021, the...

This brief presents the work of DAR for Peace and Prosperity, a WYDE grantee in Syria, supported under the WYDE Women’s Leadership programme. DAR is promoting women’s political participation in Syria by challenging stigma and...

Haitian civil society operates in a complex and deteriorating environment marked by overlapping crises. The country remains mired in a prolonged constitutional and institutional impasse, characterised by an undefined transitional...