The IASS and partners released an issue brief, entitled: Towards an Integrated and Inclusive Follow-up and Review of Natural Resources on the occasion of the upcoming discussions at the third meeting of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable…
Recommendations for improvement of the Zero Draft Outcome Document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda was made by a coalition of organizations, including the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, active on the issues of food security,…
IASS and Partners Discuss Options for Successful Implementation of Post-2015 Development Agenda at UN
Everyone is agreed that one of the central components of achieving an ‘African Green Revolution’ is to tackle the widespread soil fertility constraints in African agriculture. To this end, AGRA – the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa –…
In Malawi, worry creases farmers’ faces as they explain that their maize crop may fail this year. Planting was done on time, but in January intense rainfall and flooding swept away much of the fields, soil and seeds alike. Our…
2015 is going to be a pivotal year for sustainable development: a global climate agreement is due to be negotiated in Paris in December; under Germany’s presidency, the G7 Summit in June will address sustainable economic growth; and the 193…
Natural resources are coming under increasing pressure in the face of climate change and growing global demand for raw materials.
The protection of land and soils will contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is therefore necessary to develop an appropriate monitoring and accountability framework to track the state of these resources. Finding appropriate indicators is…
First in series of guest Blogs from Ian Scoones You may not know, but 2015 is the International Year of Soils. Soils are of course vitally important for agriculture and livelihoods, but they often go unsung and are routinely uncared…
This September, the international community will meet in New York to develop a new set of goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They will replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that expire this year. As long-term trends such as…