Disputed Landscapes

With the right mechanisms in place for community involvement and an emphasis on collective mobility and quality of life, could Havana leapfrog autogeddon?

New post challenges the global ascendancy of PES schemes, arguing that alternative framings would better sustain environmental management.

New framework enriches notion of ecosystem services to ensure more attention is paid to needs of local stakeholders.

As Donald Trump pushes ahead with his plan, Shonil Bhagwat argues we should be building wildlife bridges on the US-Mexico border – not walls.

The UN Habitat III conference sees calls for research to make sure that people – not profit – are at forefront of local implementation practices.

As Ecuador responds to its worst humanitarian disaster in decades, will govt follow a top-down, or a more participatory, reconstruction approach?

Were peasant cultivators in India who resisted colonial demands to grow more export crops forebears of food sovereignty movement?

As Colombia edges towards peace, longstanding issues of poverty and rural development must be faced if it is to last.

Integrating local schemes into research and policy processes could lead to improved indicators for nutrition, food security and incomes.

Bangladesh has some of the world's leading climate change experts, but to try to head off its disastrous effects they're forced to connive in tales of refugees.