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There is a growing amount of researches analysing and interpreting the territorial transformation caused by expanding tree plantations in southern Chile. The research is focused mainly on two regions, Biobio and Araucaria. More to the south, in Los Ríos, research on the consequences of the plantations and on the alternatives to them is less prominent.…
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The Chulalongkorn University Right Livelihood Summerschool (CURLS) is an opportunity for young researchers, activists and practitioners to interact with recipients of the Right Livelihood Award. The workshop will take place from 21 July – 4 August 2018 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and is hosted by Right Livelihood laureate Sulak Sivaraksa (1995). More Right Livelihood laureates…
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On the International World Water Day RLC Alumni Reta Hailu shared his research with us. Please find the extended abstract below: Multistakeholder Platforms: An Institutional Option to Achieve Water Security in the Awash Basin, Ethiopia Reta Hailu1, Degefa Tolossa1, Getnet Alemu2 1 Centre for Rural Development, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Institute of Development…
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Due to climate change, water will become more unevenly distributed across the globe. Finding solutions to conflicts surrounding water scarcity is thus one of the most pressing challenges today. Since March 22nd is the International World Water Day, we present to you research by our RLC Alumni Caroline Bosire, Reta Hailu, Loan Nguyen, and Osia…
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February 2018, RLC Bonn Senior Researcher Prof Eva Youkhana and RLC scholar Amit Kumar met with Mr. Santosh Thorat, activist of the Ghar Banao Bachao Aandolan movement, led by RLA Laureate Medha Patkar. They discussed the critical role that the urban poor play in providing services to its residents, despite the legal status of ‘illegality’.…
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Prof. Anwar Fazal, 1982 Right Livelihood Award Laureate and Director of the RLC, has published a new book: “Our Cities, Our Homes: People, Places and Passions” (Think City). The book carries some of Anwar’s most important thoughts and ideas, with a focus on urbanisation and sustainability, and captures some of his most important interventions in…
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Community members of Sanjay Nagar, one of Mumbai’s largest informal areas (slums), hosted RLC Bonn researchers Prof. Eva Youkhana and Amit Kumar in February 2018. Amit currently conducts fieldwork on individuals and collective struggles of people-without-paper staying in unrecognised slums of Mumbai, in cooperation with RLA Laureate Medha Patkar’s organisation Ghar Banao Ghar Bachao…
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RLC PhD student Juliet Wanjiku Kamau attended BIOFACH 2018, a world organic trade fair which brings together stakeholders in the organic food sector, and participated in discussions on challenges currents trends in the organic food sector. This year’s trade fair was held in Nuremberg, Germany. Juliet was in accompanied by Dr. Amudavi, Executive Director of…
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Picture by: Nayla Azzinnari The German public TV station WDR produced a critical documentary on the negative impacts of the fusion of the major chemical companies Bayer and Monsanto on agricultural practices, the environment and the livelihoods of farmers. All the field work of the German TV in Córdoba was organized by the RLC Campus Córdoba…
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On the international day of women and girls in science, RLC Alumni Judith Akello shares her research with us on: Unlocking the Socio- Economic Development Potentials: Women’s Experiences of Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) in Northern Uganda Education is a human right that must be accessed throughout life. All ages, adults inclusive, should be proficient in…
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