No stings attached: bee biodiversity in the Amazon
by Pablo Fajardo and Frank van Steenbergen The biodiversity epicenter that is the Amazon is reflected in the almost endless … Continued
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Greening the Boundaries in India: Hedges as Nature Based Solutions
By Shubham Jain, Arpan Mondal, Pratik Ranjan and Frank van Steenbergen They are there or they are not there: hedges, … Continued
Climate has not changed, here
by Frank van Steenbergen and Femke van Woezik Postcard from Danuli in Sindhudurg District, in South of Maharastra, India. It … Continued
What investments are considered Blue Finance?
by Atikah Eria Putri and Long Hoang Introduction Water is essential for humans’ lives as well as the ecosystem’s health. … Continued
Bridging the Gap: Where and How to Finance Drinking Water Systems in Nepal
by Long Hoang, Rewati Dhakal, Atikah Eria Putri, Saroj Yakami, Lucia Moreno Spiegelberg, Abhishek Bhandari, Sunil Sha Access to clean … Continued
Melons & Milestones: How Tribal Women are Growing Watermelon Success with FPO Support in Keonjhar, India
by Mainak Chakrobarty Keonjhar is a district in northern Odisha, India. Its topography is harsh with difficult conditions for agriculture. … Continued
Al-Habbaniyah Lake in Iraq: Symptom of a Growing Crisis
By Farah Kamaleddine Despite being home to the historic Euphrates and Tigris rivers, Iraq is facing severe water shortages affecting … Continued
Understanding why Sindh Faces Frequent Flooding: Insights from a Provincial Consultative Dialogue
By Ashfaque Soomro and Dr. Frank van Steenbergen Sindh, the Southern province in Pakistan, the land of prehistoric culture and … Continued
Cooling the Planet with Plants
Rob de Laet & Femke van Woesik Climate change is an urgent crisis requiring immediate action. Historically, we have relied … Continued
Mud over Iron: Grain Storage in Spate Irrigated Areas
By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Securing food and preserving seed is a big challenge, the more so in … Continued
A Village Hero: Tinku’s Efforts to Sustain Kumarpara’s Biodiversity
By Ilja Keukenkamp; Meghna Mukherjee Let’s meet Tinku Karjee- a resident of the Kumarpara village, who has been working as … Continued
Communities prioritize health and education for loss and damage funding in Isiolo, Kenya
By MID-P, hub in the Reversing the Flow program This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, featuring … Continued
Pure Joy: Pidari Village Celebrates New Clean Water Access with Overhead Tank Inauguration
by Rewati Raman Dhakal, Bagmati Welfare Society Nepal BWSN Pidari Village in Sarlahi District, Nepal, recently celebrated a significant achievement … Continued
Theodoros and Stephanos
By Frank van Steenbergen The Nabateans are well known for the marvelous city of Petra (now in Jordan), hewn from … Continued
Livestock and climate change: resilient cattle sheds
By Ashfaque Ahmed Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Climate change has a major impact on human, but the impact … Continued
Heading towards a nature-based future
How could my country look like if we were to embrace nature-based solutions? A reflection on the nature-based future challenge … Continued
À la recherche des rongeurs dans la capitale animée de Madagascar
Les auteurs: Luwieke Bosma, Lucia Moreno Spiegelberg et Gauthier Dobigny. Click here for the English version of the blog. Bonjour à tous … Continued
Tracking down rodents in Madagascar’s bustling capital city
Authors: Luwieke Bosma, Lucia Moreno Spiegelberg and Gauthier Dobigny. Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. Good day! My name is … Continued
We After The Flood: assessing the response to the 2022 floods in Balochistan, Pakistan
By Abraham Mehari, Dennis van Peppen and Frank van Steenbergen The floods that hit Pakistan in August-September 2022 were overwhelming. … Continued
Dossiers
- Green Roads for Water
- Green Transformation
- Managing Desert Locusts
- Dryland Development
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Water and Development Partnership
- Preserving Assets - Operation and Maintenance in Delta’s
- Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice
- None left behind
- The underground drought
- Is the world getting saltier?
- Mega Irrigation
- Water integrity
- Livelihoods from Floods
- Water Productivity
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