Biodiversity
Farming with fire: Revaluing a Japanese agricultural tradition
Researchers are finding merit in a traditional practice that uses fire to prepare and enrich soil.
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Biodiversity
Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
With PALM project support, community-led honey production is helping to reduce the environmental impacts of animal grazing.
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Recording resilience: Filmmaker shares Japan recovery experience
An Our World 2.0 filmmaker reflects on the recovery of tsunami-hit towns.
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Researching resilience: Young scholars look to communities as classrooms
Students of the ProsPER.Net Young Researchers’ School studied first-hand how communities are boosting resilience.
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Biodiversity
Restoring the Nanao Bay ecosystem
A calm bay on Japan’s Noto Peninsula, long a marine haven for fishers, is the site of new integrative approaches to resource management.
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Climate
Making the Carbon Farming Initiative more appealing to farmers
Two Australian schemes may benefit landholders while reducing impact on climate and biodiversity.
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Biodiversity
Re-creating eelgrass beds in the Seto Inland Sea
A videobrief in our satoumi series looks at how fishers and experts are restoring the ecosystem that nurtures coastal fish.
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Oil
Energy innovation and traditional knowledge
It is crucial to remember that harvesting alternative energy can have impacts on local and indigenous communities.
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People and the Planet
Nobel Prize winner Sir John Sulston warns that the global average per capita material consumption far exceeds what can be sustained for 7 billion people.
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Climate
Land use, climate change adaptation and indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples' resilience is rooted in traditional knowledge and their deep understanding of the land.
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Biodiversity
Satoumi – Co-managing marine resources in Shiretoko
In a remote part of Japan, stakeholders cooperate to preserve the area’s exceptional ecology.
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Food
Innovative crops of the Alai Valley
In Krygystan’s Alai Valley, support for farmer-led initiatives is inspiring an agricultural transition to new crops.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity in Kanazawa: Autumn’s lesson
Fall marks the start of many processes associated with some of Kanazawa's traditional industries such as silk dyeing and sake- and paper-making.
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The green tea ecosystem of Shizuoka
Traditional tea farming practices in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture are helping preserve the biodiversity of the region's semi-natural grasslands.
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Oil
Making a difference through geothermal energy
A UNU fellow discusses how geothermal can help Kenya in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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Food
Water and sustainable land use in the Wakhan Valley
With help from the PALM project, farmers in the Pamir Mountains are trying new approaches to improve land productivity.
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