Introduction: Understanding, responding to the Desert Locust Crisis
The world is reasonably aware of the scale of ongoing locust outbreaks (2019-20) in East Asia and West Africa, and … Continued
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Understanding the linkage between land-use change, anthropogenic activities and locust growth
Locust outbreaks and their impact on humans and crops have been well documented. However, the linkage between anthropogenic activities, land-use … Continued
Peri-urban water insecurity in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Posted by: Otto Hoffman February 2017 Nepal is known as the home of the Himalayas, with innumerable streams and rivers, … Continued
Good Grab, Bad Grab
posted by Frank van Steenbergen April 22, 2013 With the large and sometimes overexposed attention for land grabbing in Africa, good … Continued
Pocket paradises
posted by Frank van Steenbergen April 01, 2013 Cities grow and there is nothing stopping them. In 2050 not half but … Continued
Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Helping small farmers protect their land by William Critchley, VU University. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Failed soil conservation schemes, based on ‘command … Continued
Global Land Grab: The Ongoing Struggle (and a Lost Opportunity?)
Imagine one big foreign company owning half the arable land in a country. This almost happened a couple of years … Continued