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The future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change
Get PDFMany of the world’s most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to quadruple its population by 2100 and experience increasingly severe climate change and environmental conflict—all of which will ravage biodiversity. Here we assess conservation threats facing Africa and consider how these threats will be affected by human population growth, economic expansion, and climate change. We then evaluate the current capacity and infrastructure available to conserve the continent’s biodiversity. We consider four key questions essential for the future of African conservation: (1) how to build societal support for conservation efforts within Africa; (2) how to build Africa’s education, research, and management capacity; (3) how to finance conservation efforts; and (4) is conservation through development the appropriate approach for Africa? While the challenges are great, ways forward are clear, and we present ideas on how progress can be made. Given Africa’s current modest capacity to address its biodiversity crisis, additional international funding is required, but estimates of the cost of conserving Africa’s biodiversity are within reach. The will to act must build on the sympathy for conservation that is evident in Africa, but this will require building the education capacity within the continent. Considering Africa’s rapidly growing population and the associated huge economic needs, options other than conservation through development need to be more effectively explored. Despite the gravity of the situation, we believe that concerted effort in the coming decades can successfully curb the loss of biodiversity in Africa.National Research Foundation (ZA, Grant 98404)Wilson Cente
CDKN Asia launches Dhulikhel’s voluntary local review report
No full textFollowing its proclamation as an urban municipality in 2017, Dhulikhel was merged with five adjoining Village Development Councils (VDCs), increasing the number of wards from 9 to 12. Dhulikhel’s proximity to the capital city – Kathmandu, and its position as a district capital has enabled the city to become a major health, education and tourism hub. It is estimated that approximately more than one million people visit the city every year to access health and education facilities, and also as tourists to enjoy its scenic beauty. Although over a million visitors do provide economic and livelihood opportunities to the local population, they also put immense pressure on the city’s basic infrastructure and services such as water supply, solid waste, public transport, health care, and housing etc. To address these challenges, Dhulikhel drafted a “Vision Strategy 2030” in 2017, aiming to develop the city into a prosperous and model city that offers quality of life to its population and promotes good governance. The strategy identifies priority areas and actions for Dhulikhel’s sustainable development, in line with the ongoing efforts of the Federal Government in Nepal for localization of the Sustainable Development Goals
Rwanda livestock vaccination calendar in kinyarwanda language
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IEC materials to spread awareness on tackling extreme heat
No full textThis presentation provides details the health risks of extreme heat on vulnerable persons. The presentation also outlines simple actions individuals can take to help prevent heat-related illnesses, how to recognize heat-related illness, and how to administer first aid in the case of heat exhaustion or heat stroke
Transition des jeunes vers les marchés du travail d’Afrique Francophone (Cameroun, Burkina Faso, Tchad) : rapport général
No full textRelatório anual 2021–2022
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Social norm change monitoring report : transforming the vaccine delivery system for chickens and goats in Ghana that approaches and what benefits for women (women rear project)
Get PDFThe Women Rear project in Ghana focuses on transforming vaccine delivery system for chickens and goats. It is a four-year IDRC funded project running from March 2019 to March 2023. Is seeks to identify, test, and monitor both gender accommodative and gender transformative approaches to developing the vaccine delivery system
Calidad de Investigación Plus (RQ+) : RQ+ de un vistazo
No full textVersión en Francés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC : Qualité de la recherche plus (QR+) : coup d’œil sur le cadre QR+Versión en Inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC : Infographic : Research Quality Plus (RQ+), at a glanc
Embedded reproduction in platform data work
Get PDFThis paper focuses on the experiences of Latin American data workers from Venezuela who annotate data for machine learning algorithms through labor platforms. It introduces the notion of “embedded reproduction” or the relationship between embeddedness, the degree to which non-economic institutions and their social environment constrain socio-economic activity, – and social reproduction, or the activities that nurture, maintain, and regenerate the workforce. The paper concludes that societal reproduction in the conditions in which platforms thrive is unsustainable. It depends on a normative embeddedness that negatively affects the livelihoods of workers, creates dependency, and negatively contributes to any long-term development of local communities