Welcome to this first meeting in a series of dialogue seminars initiated by Focali at GMV in collaboration with SIANI, GGBC, GAC, LUCSUS and other partners interested to join this initiative. The...

Objectives The project’s overall aim is to enhance the understanding of social change and social impacts of rural-urban transformation on younger adults and adolescent community members in...

What is rural transformation? The transition from a rural to an urban environment? Or a shift in livelihood and quality of life for rural communities? Ultimately, it is change in all its forms....

Going to the Third International Conference on Community Land and Resource Rights held in Stockholm, I did not expect to find myself in the middle of the Amazon sharing a canoa with a member of...

Deforestation in the Amazon has fallen dramatically, by about 77% between 2004 and 2011, enabling Brazil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third in that period, while also preserving biodiversity and maintaining other vital ecosystem services.

We have long known that what we eat affects our health, but we are only beginning to grasp how much our food affects the environment, close to home and around the world.

Seminar on Landscapes in a Carbon Focused World 26 October 2012SIANI, Focali & Naturskyddsföreningen organized a one-day seminar in Gothenburg.Summary: As Brazil has been wrestling with the need...