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13 March 2025
Weaving the future of women’s empowerment: Female alpaca breeders in the Peruvian Andes promote a sustainable value chain that restores grasslands and water
At 4,000 metres above sea level and surrounded by mountains and vast meadows, the women of the Sumac Vicuñitas Artisans Association of Umpuco-Palca
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27 February 2025
The Rider of the Giant Armadillo: Traditional Knowledge Meets Conservation Science to Protect Guyana’s Iconic Wildlife
“Years ago, our grandparents still lived in the forest and carried their children to their farms every day. But one day, this family left their
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27 February 2025
In Liberia, renewable energy is empowering people with disabilities
More than 1 billion people, about 16 percent of the global population, lives with a significant disability, according to the World Health
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07 February 2025
Wetlands, Waterfowl and Water Buffalos: Enhancing the ecological resilience of the Samsun Region, Türkiye
Located on the Black Sea coast, the Turkish province of Samsun is a unique landscape made up of forests, wetlands, deltas and agroecosystems. Samsun
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07 February 2025
Boosting biodiversity conservation in Ghana’s Afadzato Landscape
Nestled in the northern reaches of the Togo-Atakora Mountains, Ghana’s South Afadzato landscape encompasses over 180,000 hectares of forests,
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28 January 2025
Protecting Peru’s high Andean heritage through a landscape approach
Recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, the Ácora district in Peru
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24 January 2025
Ten years of community development in Cameroon’s Bogo landscape: an assessment of resilience and challenges
Located at the northernmost tip of Cameroon and spanning around 95,000 hectares of dry tropical savannah, the Bogo landscape encompasses the Sahelian
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24 January 2025
Strengthening Morocco’s Landscape Approach in COMDEKS Phase 4
Although Morocco has only recently joined the Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Programme (COMDEKS) in its
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17 December 2024
GEF Small Grants Programme’s new phase
The GEF Small Grants Programme is a flagship initiative that over the past three decades has enabled civil society organizations to access funding
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16 December 2024
The power of local action: SGP highlights community-led solutions for triple environmental crises at global UN conferences
For the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2024 is a
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03 December 2024
ICCA-GSI at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification COP
During the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held in
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29 November 2024
From Soil to Strength: How Climate-Smart Agriculture is Empowering Persons with Disabilities
Gaynel Agustus likes to be on the ground, feeling the soil under her feet: “I love to get my hands dirty, and I love plants. Because I can’t
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