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  1. Library Resource
    defensores tambopata
    Multimedia
    January, 2024
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Peru

    Los cinco episodios del podcast ‘Guardianes del Tambopata’, producido por la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA), se encuentran disponibles en las plataformas de Spotify, Amazon Music y Deezer. En este podcast, se relata, desde la voz de los propios protagonistas, la labor del Comité de Gestión de la Reserva Nacional de Tambopata (RNTMB) y de cuatro de sus miembros: Víctor Zambrano, Demetrio Pacheco, Andrés Szabo e Isabel Yalico (fallecida en junio de 2023).

  2. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    May, 2023
    Global

    Overview map of 100+ Climate Data Platforms. Each dot represents a platform in this category. A single platform can appear in several categories. (click the right arrow to view data in a table and download data in the footer)

  3. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    October, 2023
    Bangladesh

    This video is about the everyday struggles of Munda people of Datinakhali Mundapara in Shyamnagar upazila (subdistrict) of Satkhira district in Bangladesh. Munda is one of the indigenous communities in the country. Being on the frontline of the climate crisis, rising sea levels and salt infiltrates, 28 Munda families living in Datinakhali Mundapara are in dire straits due to landlessness, poverty, and climate change effects, with 10 Munda households already have migrated to other places.

  4. Library Resource
    Guardianas del territorio

    Historias de mujeres defensoras ambientales que luchan día a día ante el avance extractivista en Argentina

    Videos
    Websites
    April, 2022
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Argentina

    La serie microdocumental Guardianas del Territorioes una producción audiovisual de cuatro capítulos que narra las historias de diferentes grupos de mujeres defensoras ambientales que luchan día a día ante el avance extractivista en Argentina, el cambio climático y las violencias de género en el cuerpo-territorio.

     

    ¿Quiénes son las Guardianas del Territorio?

  5. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2012
    Global

    We recognize the economic and social significance of good land management, including soil, We stress that desertification, land degradation and drought are challenges of a global dimension and continue to pose serious challenges to the sustainable development of all countries, We recognize the need for urgent action to reverse land degradation. In view of this, we will strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable development. Measuring Land degradation is a challenge ①Declining land-productivity ≠ Land degradation e.g.

  6. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2019
    Central Asia

    Arid and semi-arid biomes support valuable ecosystems with livelihoods linked to rain-fed agriculture and pastoralism and have unique biodiversity and cultural values. However, desertification is land degradation in dry-lands that leads to loss of productivity and ecosystem services. Climate change is expected to increase arid biomes and stress on dry-lands due to increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation that will impact vegetation, livestock and people.

  7. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2015
    Global

    Over the last three decades the issues of sustainability have been addressed and policy options have been proposed at the global, regional and sometimes at the national level to revert the negative trends on the social, economic and environmental aspects of development. But still, we are in front of a scenario that indicates that if land resources are not managed in a sustainable manner, the inter-generational issue of sustainable development will not be achieved.

  8. Library Resource
    Videos
    December, 1996
    Kenya, Africa

    Looks at land ownership and the consequences of land degradation in Kenya.Contains interview with IDRC personnel Harmut Krugmann.

  9. Library Resource
    Videos
    March, 2014
    India

    How can wetland management better take into account climate uncertainty, considering the risks posed to the important services wetlands provide? Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International --South Asia explains that climate change and environmental impacts are affecting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people that rely on wetland services provided by Chilika Lagoon in India. The project team is working with local government authorities to identify strategies for improving community resilience to such changes.

  10. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    Videos
    Videos
    September, 2019
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    David Barrio - Oficial de Asuntos Económicos de la División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) habla sobre el ODS 15. La desertificación y la deforestación son dos grandes retos para el desarrollo sostenible de la región, pues la pérdida o daño a los recursos naturales supone graves consecuencias ambientales y económicas.

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