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Breeding better beans with farmers' help

Thursday, January 3 2013 / AGFAX Radio

In Uganda, bean crops have been affected by a disease called anthracnose, which causes blistering on the pods. Initial attempts to introduce disease-resistant varieties failed, as many of the attributes

Walking tall: a wildlife conservation success story. South Luangwa Area Management Unit (SLAMU).

Thursday, January 3 2013 / Eldis

Norway and Zambia have been cooperating on wildlife conservation and community development for 27 years. As a result of this partnership and the innovative integrated resource development approach to wildlife

CDKN Journalist Fellow: Nepal should highlight local efforts on climate change

Wednesday, January 2 2013 / CDKN Asia

In an article for the Kathmandu Post CDKN/Panos South Asia Journalist Fellow, Pragati Shahi writes that instead of only crying for help to deal with disasters, Nepal should highlight local

FEATURE: Understanding how rainfall affects food security and migration

Tuesday, January 1 2013 / CDKN Global

Kevin Henry of CARE reports the findings of a wide-ranging study into how climate change could influence food security and migration in future How does climate variability, especially changes to rainfall,

EVENTS: 2013 Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

Tuesday, January 1 2013 / CDKN Asia

The 2013 Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum will be held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, on 18-20 March 2013. This is a great opportunity for those wishing to showcase their work

Between Drought and Floods – A Year of Extremes in Sri Lanka

Sunday, December 30 2012 / Amantha Perera

Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. But this Christmas season, the massive Udawalawe

NEWS: Making food systems more resilient to climate change

Friday, December 28 2012 / CDKN Global

A new project aims to make sure Central America’s food systems can withstand climate shifts, as Marius Keller, from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), reports Climate change represents a

Climate data 'has helped African farmers boost production'

Thursday, December 27 2012 / SciDev.Net | Climate Change & Energy

A knowledge-exchange programme has helped to protect African people from extreme weather and increase harvests, an initiative has found

Philippines to launch 100,000 eco-friendly 'e-trikes'

Thursday, December 27 2012 / SciDev.Net | Climate Change & Energy

A US$400 million project is set to replace the Philippines' tricycle taxi system with greener battery-run models.

Guyana Hits Paydirt on Low Carbon Development Path

Wednesday, December 26 2012 / Desmond Brown

Imagine Guyana and Dominica without forests and rivers, or Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia without beaches. Atherton Martin, a conservationist and former minister of agriculture in Dominica, says climate change should

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