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When the People Decide: The True Meaning of Locally Led Decision-Making in Isiolo

Dossier: Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice

Women Driving Locally Led Adaptation in Char Communities in Bangladesh

Reconnecting Lives – The Road That Changed Godaibeel in Bangladesh

RESOLVE in action: From Fragmentation to a Shared Agroecology Future in Lebanon

Green Roads in Flood Depressions: Postcard from the Haors

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The Inca Vessel

Posted by Frank van Steenbergen August 06, 2012 One of the most beautiful objects in the National Museum of the … Continued

Fluorosis: The Value of Norms (?)

posted by Frank van Steenbergen July 30, 2012 In the Habala district of Southern Ethiopia, fluoride levels are high – … Continued

As Bad as it Gets

posted by Frank van Steenbergen July 24, 2012 Imagine water being so scarce that you have to compete with bees … Continued

Water Refugees: Coastal Groundwater in Yemen

by Frank van Steenbergen The dramatic story of Al Mujelis goes like this: In the past, the area used to … Continued

Gearing Up for Floods: Combating and Embracing Waters on the Rise

Geographical Incidence of Floods, 1985-2010 As this map suggests, floods are possibly the most common form of natural disaster. If … Continued

The Weight of the Soul, Measured in Water

posted by Frank van Steenbergen July 9, 2012 We are always in search of the ‘essence.’ Even though we do … Continued

MDG 7 and the Moment of Truth

posted by Frank van Steenbergen July 2, 2012 It is two years to go to the day of reckoning. By … Continued

Social Protection and Agriculture: Safety Nets or Safety Traps?

Earlier this year there were riots in … Continued

Resistant, Efficient, Nutritious Rice for a Food-secure Future

Importance of Rice Rice is a very important food crop, 50% of the total world population consumes rice. 90% of … Continued

Water & Light: Visual Experiments

by Dr. Helmut Eigenmann, Thin Waters/ Laboratory and Design My experiments with thin water layers and light are the base for … Continued

Pastoralism, Land, Water and Climate Change

Securing the Future of a Culture of Resilience by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock development (LPP) Nature’s … Continued

The World of Pastoralists (Lest We Forget)

Who are pastoralists? Pastoralists are people who depend for their living primarily on livestock. They inhabit those parts of the … Continued