The IASS discussed together with global players in the soil, land and sustainability governance communities on Friday, October 24, 2014, about how to effectively address the role of soils and land in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop hosted…
Can a small participatory research project make a difference?
An Usambara Landscape Approach by Judith Rosendahl . September 2014. I found myself in the West Usambara Mountains in North-Eastern Tanzania, a region characterized by high population density, farming on steep mountain slopes, intensive vegetable production in the valley floors,…
Equal rights: the potential of the commons
A Commons Conversation The short film A Commons Conversation speaks to the importance of commons, and the need to protect the rights of local people to their commons through legal and social recognition, community-based regulation, and empowerment. The protagonists took…