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31 March 2020
A Bay in Jamaica Comes Back To Life
When high school principal Mervyn Tennant retired and moved to the fishing village of Oracabessa Bay on Jamaica’s north coast, he had to witness a
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02 May 2021
Women Who Fish: the fisherwomen of Turkey
Small-scale fisheries have historically been active across most of coastal Turkey, including along Gökova Bay - a magnificent 45-mile long stretch
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02 May 2021
Hail the Whale: sustaining marine life in Cameroon
World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude
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21 January 2020
Life on Land
Globally, agriculture is estimated to be the driver for about 80% of land degradation. Reports have shown that between 1.5m and 7m ha of agricultural
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09 December 2019
Mushrooms are Magic: Solar powered mushroom farming in Nepal improves livelihoods and nutrition, and reduces deforestation
Mushrooms are widely grown in Nepal. They are a high value crop that can grow in areas where low soil quality – or even a total absence of soil –
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05 December 2019
Community Heroes From Guinea-Bissau to Brazil, Nigeria, & Micronesia, SGP Grantees win Equator Prize
As local and indigenous groups across the world chart a path towards sustainable development, the Equator Prize showcases their efforts by honouring
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05 December 2019
No Longer Going to Waste:Improved Plastic Waste Management Builds Roads & Livelihoods for women in India
Plastics constitute a growing threat to our environment - and in turn, human well-being - affecting the world’s freshwater systems and marine
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02 December 2019
ICCA-GSI in the 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2019)
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2019) was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 25-29 November. The Conference is a policy and
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21 November 2019
ICCA-GSI promotes TICCA concept in Brazil for a legal analysis review
As the realities of Brazil’s indigenous peoples (IPs) continue to dramatically change, the UNDP-implemented GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP),
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21 November 2019
Guatemala: Supporting ethno-development in recovered lands of Ch’orti‘ indigenous peoples for political, economic and environmental sustainability
After decades of struggling in defending their territories, natural resources and cultural heritage, Guatemala’s Ch'orti’ indigenous peoples have
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15 November 2019
Jordan: Supporting eco-tourism in one of the world’s first human settlements to preserve traditional knowledge
The Dana Biosphere Reserve is Jordan’s largest nature reserve, embracing four bio-geographic regions including the Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian,
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29 October 2019
SGP and ICCA-GSI partners at the III Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Protected Areas
The III Latin America and Caribbean Protected Areas Congress (LACPAC), was held in Lima, Peru on 14-17 October 2019. Under the theme “Solutions
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