A small micro-climate marvel
By Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from KNSM-Eiland on a cold winter day. While the morning frost freeze-dries the moisture in the … Continued
How could my country look like if we were to embrace nature-based solutions? This was the question that student teams from around the globe aimed to answer in the Nature-Based Future Challenge, organized by Wageningen University & Research. Interdisciplinary and international teams visualized a nature-based future for the delta of Bangladesh, showcasing innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges. Chittagong Hill Tracts One of the teams, GO2V-NBF, focused on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) with the goal of transitioning from "development at the cost of nature" to a future of "nature-based prosperity." This region in Southeast Bangladesh faces significant challenges related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic development. The increasing intensity of extreme weather events, coupled with changing land use, exacerbates soil erosion and land degradation. The local water cycle is under pressure, leading to issues of both water scarcity and flooding at different times of the year. GO2V-NBF proposed a strategy of vertical cities on water and a harmonious… Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from KNSM-Eiland on a cold winter day. While the morning frost freeze-dries the moisture in the … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta) Sikkim, a small mountainous region in India, is the world’s first 100% organic state. It has … Continued
By Luwieke Bosma (MetaMeta), Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta), Dikhyani Konwar (PRADAN), Poulomi Mallick (PRADAN), and Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta) This is the … Continued
By Allah Bakhsh, Project Coordinator FBLN / SPO Pakistan, with input from Reinier Veldman (Program Manager, MetaMeta) Introduction Roads are … Continued
Luwieke Bosma (MetaMeta), Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta), Dikhyani Konwar (PRADAN), Poulomi Mallick (PRADAN), and Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta) and Dr Neena Singla … Continued
By Chandrashekhar and Anjan Swar India hosts the world’s most significant number of farmers and livestock. According to the 20th … Continued
By Popi Michelogiannaki and Frank van Steenbergen Throughout western Sindh and Balochistan, gabarbands or long-stretched dams were constructed by ancient … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen On Mount Eliyah a little east of the Jordan River there is a well atop the … Continued
By Popi Michelogiannaki, Frank van Steenbergen, and Mohammed Umar Karim Water can be retained for a longer period in higher … Continued
By Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), and Niels Lenderink (Rain) Microclimates are the … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) and Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) First, a story with a traveler. One evening a traveler arrives … Continued
By Satyabrata Acharyya (PRADAN) This blog is to describe an initiative to promote a new land use for vast chunks … Continued
By Himadri Das & Satyabrata Acharyya Regenerative Agriculture (RA) … Continued
By Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), Poulomi (PRADAN) Meet Shobha … Continued
By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), & Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta) Common pool resources, popularly known as … Continued
By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Laxmi Sharma (FES), Jyoti Mishra (RAIN) Social and ecological systems are interconnected. Private resources and livelihoods … Continued
By Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta) There is a natural need for farmers to learn from each other which cropping patterns, cultivars, … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research) and Vinitika Lal (PRADAN) Mental Models, the basis of reasoning and decision making, is a … Continued
By Vinitika Lal (PRADAN), Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), and Iqra Khan (PRADAN) Meet Bimla Kujur. Bimla … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta), Ishan Agarwal (FES), Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) … Continued