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How Community Regranting Drives Climate Adaptation in Bangladesh's Chars

Dossier: Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice

Empowering Communities to Restore Landscapes: A Regranting Model from Amhara, Ethiopia

From Aid Recipients to Local Leaders: Regranting as a Catalyst for Policy Dialogue and Community Empowerment in Bangladesh

Waste to Stimulant: Opportunities to be Ignored No Longer

They whistle to the birds: the Awer honey-gatherers

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Breaking barriers: People with Disabilities Managing Farm Water

Among other basic needs, access to safe drinking water and sanitation together are vital for people to achieve their full … Continued

Pollution of River Ravi

by Nosheen Fazal, Deputy Director, Social and Environmental Management Unit, Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA), PakistanAugust 18, 2014 Ravi … Continued

The Big Hole in the Middle East

by Sukru Esin and Frank van Steenbergen August 12, 2014 Whilst the attention in Middle East water conflicts has … Continued

Land Grabs: The Global Rush for Farmland

Land Grabs: The Global Rush for Farmland Imagine one big foreign company owning half the arable land in a country. … Continued

Azores: a hundred years of greenhouse water harvesting

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, August 1, 2014 To survive and thrive small islands have to make use of their … Continued

Junaid – Living Legend of Ibrahim Haidri, Karachi Coast, Sindh, Pakistan

Posted by Dr. Karim Nawaz, July 23rd 2014 Mr. Junaid is a 60 year old resident of Ibrahim Haidri, a … Continued

Fluoridation vs. fluorosis: two faces of the same medal

Posted by Sara DatturiJune 30, 2014 Fluorine (F2 of F) is the element # 9 in the Periodic Table. Due … Continued

Fluoride: The Underground Scourge

The origin of Fluoride in groundwater is mostly natural. A certain amount of Fluoride in the water (0.5 mg/L … Continued

DIY Fertilizer: The Faba Bean Story

Posted by Ruben BorgeJune 02, 2014 In Rema village in Ethiopia, Abere has tried to cultivate faba beans using biofertilizers. … Continued

One Bridge, Multiple Functions

Posted by Rossella Alba May 22, 2014 In Megab, a rather small village in the semi-arid Tigray region in northern … Continued

Substituting Groundwater with Surface Water: Zibo-Weifang, China

Posted by Frank van SteenbergenMay 19, 2014 The coastal Zibo-Weifang aquifer system in Shandong Province (near the Laizhou Bay of … Continued

Greenhouse Innovations in Spain

Posted by Marta AgujetasMay 13, 2014 Almería is located in the region of Andalucia in south-eastern Spain. It has an … Continued