environment
Rio Tinto’s biodiversity accounting comes up short in Madagascar
Rio Tinto says that it will have a net positive impact on biodiversity wherever it does business. In Madagascar — one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots — Rio Tinto’s net positive impact strategy relies on a series of assumptions that are increasingly being questioned. Through local subsidiary Qit Minerals Madagascar (QMM), it operates the world’s largest ilmenite mine along the island’s southeastern coast, in a unique and fragile ecosystem comprised of littoral forest and wetlands. Post by Amy Glass, MAAPD student in madagascar.
The boy who harnessed the wind
Great TED.com talk by William Kamkwamba from Malawi on building a windmill for his family when he was 14. Wired article here and William’s blog here.
From conflict to peacebuilding
S. Halle (ed.), 2009, From conflict to peacebuilding. The role of natural resources and the environment, UNEP
This report highlights that many conflicts are associated with the use, access and control of environmental resources, and this is the reason why integrating the environment and natural resources management into peacebuilding is essential. In fact, demand on resources [...]
Let them keep their millions: should ‘development’ be refused in Madagascar?
Rio Tinto has invested 1.2 billion USD to implement a mineral sands project in southeastern Madagascar, in what is both a global biodiversity hotspot and one of Madagascar’s poorest and more isolated regions.
Participatory Management of Forests and Protected Areas
Sejal Worah, 2008. Participatory Management of Forests and Protected Areas. A Trainer’s Manual, RECOFTC.
This manual contains a series of training activities with detailed instructions, handouts, facilitator notes, reference to the time and materials needed, and case studies to help design training courses on various aspects of participatory management of forests and protected areas. In particular, [...]
The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: A case study on Indonesia
Whilst covering a lot of old ground on the role of the affected state and others in humanitarian action, this report by Barnaby Willitts-King is very timely as it raises issues including of the role of local authorities, local ownership, and appropriate behaviours of international agencies, both official and NGO.
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These resources have been collected by us, with the key elements being summarised and links to the documents for download. Resources are under the following categories:
> Gender
> Environment
> Participatory approaches
> Humanitarian
The World Bank and Climate Change: Sustainability or Exploitation?
Commentary on article from Upside Down World
This article discusses suspicions of the market-based Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for reduced emissions to combat climate change and how developing countries communities are affected.
Development workers for the last decade have been worried about how World Bank and UNEP sponsored mechanisms to sequestering carbon in developing countries forests [...]
Why gender matters – A tutorial for water managers
Why gender matters – A tutorial for water managers
The authors of this manual point out that addressing gender improves the efficiency of water usage and of environmental sustainability. In fact, men and women have different views on things and different roles in relation to water use, so promoting their equal participation in decision making is [...]
Community-based ecological monitoring
Frode, A. & Masara, C., 2007. Community-based ecological monitoring: Manual for practitioners. Published by SAFIRE (Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources).
Frode & Masara define ecological monitoring as a wise long-term development planning method, a prerequisite for adaptive NRM for people in developing countries whose life depends on the surrounding environment. It includes information to collect, analyse [...]
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