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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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11 October 2019
SGP events at the III Latin America and Caribbean Protected Areas
  Tuesday, October 15, 201912:15 – 4:15 pmIndigenous People in Isolation: Protection of Law and Conservation in the Amazon and Gran Chaco
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24 September 2019
E-Consultation on Community-Based REDD+ (CBR+)
  The UN-REDD Programme and the GEF Small Grants Programme would like to invite you to participate in an E-consultation on Community Based
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19 September 2019
Loss of Traditional Knowledge is Due to Lack of Documentation
Barsha Lekhi (Tharu), Nepal, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme’s National FellowModernization is a big challenge. There is a
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