IASS Global Soil Forum discusses inclusive and participatory follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda at the European Development Days (EDD 2016)
Empowering vulnerable land users through inclusive and participatory follow-up and review
UN SDGs: Strengthening Global Partnerships and Societal Involvement
UN SDGs: Strengthening Global Partnerships and Societal Involvement – How to Make the SDGs a Reality
IISD Guest Article by Ivonne Lobos Alva & Jes Weigelt
This article was first published and posted on: Monday, 2 May 2016 at IISD.org. Strengthening Civil Society to Influence the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda The shrinking space for civil society to act is jeopardizing the key role of these…
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Consumption and Production in an Age of Diminishing Resources
Conference on Germany’s Role in the Implementation of the SDGs 17 goals and 169 targets: the Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 is as ambitious as it is complex. The UN member…
Soil Rehabilitation: A Field Mission to Kenya – Memories of a student assistant
By Fanny Saß I made my trip to Kenya in the middle of November 2015, not too sure what to expect of Kenyan culture. Flying into Kisumu, a city located on the shores of Lake Victoria, you can’t help but…
Targeting the Needs of Farmers in Western Kenya
Early March is the end of one of two dry seasons in western Kenya. Farmers get up early to beat the heat to prepare the hard and dry soils for the coming rains and the next planting season. This region…
AGORA: Taking the less traveled road
AGORA partners decide to take the road less travelled in East Africa
LAB2: Different Urbanisations
This is a documentation video of LAB2: ‘Different Urbanisations’ which served as an extension of the Critical Dialogues Series: the New Urban Agenda ‘on the ground’. This Series critically addresses topics of central importance to Habitat III from 1) an…
Healthy Soils and Climate Protection: Global Landscapes Forum on the Sidelines of COP21 Focuses on Land Use
The role of healthy soils in climate protection and food security is a major focus of the COP21 international climate summit in Paris. More than half of the 158 submitted Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ascribe importance to the agricultural…
Large scale soil restoration for climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security – what’s in it for smallholder farmers?
Land Degradation Endangers Livelihoods and Climate The land on our planet is rapidly degrading, causing a chain reaction of loss of livelihood, hunger, land-use change, higher greenhouse gas emissions, and human migration. A recent scientific study on global land degradation…