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Fisheries

In our no 3/2015 issue on “Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture”, we presented a project run by the WWF on sustainable tuna fisheries in the Philippines. The project was aiming for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)…

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Fisheries

No doubt protecting marine areas is an effective tool to combat climate change and the damaging effects of industrial fishing. But the best way to protect nature is to protect the human rights of those who live among it…

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Fisheries

Overexploitation of fish stocks, global warming and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are just a few of the challenges which coastal fishing communities in Africa are facing. The African Confederation of…

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Food systems

Did the United Nations Food Summit fulfil expectations? At least the initial dominant narrative on ‘business as usual’ thinking underwent a change, and the potential of agroecological principles for food system…

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Food systems

A statement by the members of the Agriculture and Nutrition Group (AGLE) of the Environment and Development Forum (FUE).

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Food systems

Achieving a world without hunger is only one of the challenges which the world food system faces. In this interview, Joachim von Braun comments on the role of institutions, policy-makers, science and other factors in…

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Food systems

Large corporations are playing an increasingly important role in food systems throughout the world, also with regard to assets such as land and water. In this interview, Shalmali Guttal calls for a greater focus on the…

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Food systems

Welcome changes in the discourse – Maria Tekülve on the role of agroecological approaches in international cooperation, old and new “silver bullets” in rural development and why the wide scope of the concept of…

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Research

In our 1/21 edition on “Innovations”, we demonstrated the role that implementation research can play in getting innovations off the shelf and into practice. Taking a regional project on enhancing rice production in Asia,…

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity is a core issue of German development cooperation. Parliamentary State Secretary Maria Flachsbarth on achievements, lessons learnt and remaining challenges.

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