Summary: The African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP) aims to support African professionals, researchers and graduate students to undertake activities that will enhance their capacities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change adaptation in Africa. The Fellowships range in duration from 2-18 months, and award amounts range from USD $5,000 - $36,000, depending on Fellowship type. Eligibility is limited to citizens of member states of the African Union who are 40 years of age or younger. All application materials must be received by 17 September, 2008.

Region: Africa

Type: Funding Opportunities
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: - N/A -

Summary: Este es uno de los boletines quincenales de la red del Programa de Alianzas de la Sociedad Civil en América Latina. Estos boletines incluyen un resumen de recursos (oportunidades de financiamiento y becas), publicaciones, eventos futuros y de enlaces interesantes relacionados con el vínculo entre las políticas públicas y la investigación. También se resumen los debates que se llevaron a cabo en el marco de la red.

Region: Latin America

Type: Others
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: AFREPREN/FWD is undertaking a study on the linkages between research and policy in the energy sector in Eastern and Southern Africa. The study, which is a follow-up to the Case study of AFREPREN/FWD prepared under phase I of the project, covers five countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe). AFREPREN/FWD participated in the GDN Annual Conference which was held in January 2004 in New Delhi, India, to mark the start of the project. Researchers undertaking the various studies under phase II of the project had a chance to interact and propose ways to handle the common challenges faced in this project.

Region: Africa

Type: Workshop Reports
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Learning

Summary: This paper presents an overview of pastoral systems and addresses rights issues around access and control of resources in the context of climate change. The document brings together the inputs made by over 120 participants in a 2006 web-based forum and also includes material from a number of projects from around the world.

Region: Africa

Type: Papers
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Learning

Summary: Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood of Nature meets the founders of four institutes that set out to help poorer nations to think for themselves.

Region: International

Type: Others
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: - N/A -

Summary: Ashoka y Nacional Geographic lanzan este concurso destinado a celebrar lugares que innoven en el empleo del turismo para sostener, realzar o preservar la cultura local y el medio ambiente. El concurso ayudar a encontrar recursos, nuevas ideas, socios e inversores para iniciativas de geo-turismo. Se podrán nominar lugares hasta el 19 de marzo de 2008.

Region: International

Type: Funding Opportunities
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: - N/A -

Summary: A presentation with audio on a tool for influencing evidence-based policy called "lines of argument". The presentation was given at the 2nd Insights to Impacts Meeting held on 25 October at King's College, London.

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Region: International

Type: Presentations
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: La 60º Conferencia de ONGs de Naciones Unidas (llevada a cabo en septiembre de 2007) adoptó la Declaración “El Desafío del Cambio Climático: un margo de trabajo de las ONGs”. En esa oportunidad, los participantes se comprometieron a trabajar de forma colaborativa para prepararle un informe a la Secretaría General de Naciones Unidas. La Declaración recomienda fuertemente que todos los sectores de la sociedad civil actúen en conjunto para implementar soluciones concretas basadas en las recomendaciones que surjan del Informe. El mismo se basará (y complementará) en los debates que se llevaron a cabo en la 60º Conferencia. Se establecerán grupos de trabajo virtuales para informar sobre estrategias efectivas que estén siendo llevadas a cabo para combatir el cambio climático. La fecha límite para participar es el 1 de julio de 2008.

Region: International

Type: Others
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: The following policy brief compares the opportunities and obstacles to implement a sustainable land use in Bolivia observing the case of the United States (US). The objective is to find out policy–relevant outcomes in the way that Bolivia could improve its sustainable development.

Region: Latin America

Type: Policy Briefs
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy impact assessments

Summary: As part of that global GDN project, AFREPREN/GDN commissioned a regional project for Eastern and Southern Africa entitled ‘Research and Policy Linkage in the Energy Sectors of Eastern and Southern Africa’. This project focuses on the link between policy formulation and research in the energy sectors of five eastern and southern African countries, namely: Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. As part of the stakeholders participation, the Uganda national seminar on the subject was held on 10th September 2004 in Kampala.

Region: Africa

Type: Workshop Reports
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: This is a relatively old paper by Robin Mearns. It raises many of the issues that we are still talking about and trying to address. Robin is a Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies and a founder member of the IDS Environment Group. Livestock producers are coming in for increasing criticism world-wide on the grounds that livestock production is bad for the environment. Environment al consequences of livestock production vary widely depending on the opportunities and constraints afforded by different production systems, institutional and policy contexts. Focusing principally on pastoral grazing systems and integrated crop-livestock systems, this paper examines the less widely documented case that there are also positive environmental externalities associated with livestock production. Livestock production can play an instrumental role, for example, in supporting sustainable rangeland management, preserving wildlife and other forms of biodiversity, enhancing soil fertility and nutrient cycling, and indirectly promoting the amenity value of particular landscapes to other users. The paper addresses ways of enhancing, through policy instruments, the sharing of environmental benefits between multiple users of the environment including livestock producers.

Region: Africa

Type: Papers
Sector: Environment
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement