Apr 19, 2021
In conservation, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and various other fields, community-based approaches have been very popular, bathed in a glowing light of all that is participatory, bottom-up and democratic. But they have also attracted a widely...
Mar 19, 2021
In the fields of natural resource management and environmental governance, programs, projects, and advocacy often address structural factors at the community level, the landscape level or the national level, but tend to focus much less on individual behavior, except...
Dec 20, 2020
In the international development and global conservation worlds, there is a preoccupation with scaling. Doing something positive in a single community is nice, so the thinking goes, but can never be enough. If we identify something that makes one community, or one...
Oct 19, 2020
Objectives of the IYRP During its meeting in late September and early October of this year, the United Nations Committee on Agriculture (COAG) endorsed the proposal to declare 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). There are further...
Aug 21, 2020
I am generally optimistic about approaches for environmental management and governance that are based on dialogue and deliberation, bringing together diverse stakeholders, and searching for common ground. And I am, obviously enough, a believer in the potential of...
Apr 25, 2020
Connectivity and resilience Are you also having a feeling of déjà vu? The events of the past few months surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are retelling a story that was told during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The characters in the story have different names, but...
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