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Updates from Environment for Development, a global network of researchers solving the world’s most urgent environmental and development challenges.
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Newsletter from EfD
February 2021
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Dear friend of Environment for Development,
The pandemic is still holding the world in an iron grip, but EfD is bustling with activity. Many new projects are being initiated, new collaborations are being formed and more and more of our research is being used as a foundation for policymaking.
You get this newsletter because we believe that you share the passion for our work! The newsletter provides you with the latest news and research from our network.
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"The Covid crises puts China's progress on climate at risk"
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Professor Jintao Xu is leading EfD China as well as the Forest Collaborative.
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Jintao Xu has returned to his role as Center Director at EfD China. He is concerned that the recovery from the pandemic and the desire for a continued rapid growth will jeopardize the progress towards a green economy that China has made so far. Meet Jintao Xu and hear his thoughts on how these challenges should be addressed!
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EfD report selected as roadmap for fighting plastic pollution in the oceans
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Photo: Magda Ehlers, Pexels
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The EfD collaborative program CMaR, led by Francisco Alpizar, has written a report with an "app functionality" in mind. That is, they present a model for policymakers to analyze where their main sources of plastic pollution lie. Based on that analysis, tools and examples are presented to help them work out a tailormade set of policies to address those problems. The Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) has now decided to use this clever report as a roadmap for policy design.
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India is digitalizing data to make it accessible for researchers, policy-makers and others.
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Mudit Kapoor has been appointed advisor in the Indian government's comprehensive digitalization project in India. Photo: EfD
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Mudit Kapoor, a senior EfD member, has been appointed advisor to the newly formed National Data and Analytics Platform at NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the government of India. The mission of this platform is to digitalize data and make them more accessible for researchers, media, policy-makers, and civil society.
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EfD researcher helps revise a plan for reducing air pollution in Chile
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EfD researcher Walter Gómez has been invited as an expert to a public-private committee appointed to revise the Atmospheric Decontamination Plan (PDA) in Southern Chile. The plan concerns one of the most air-polluted cities in Chile.
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China’s long-term land tenure reform boosts village-level forest conservation
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Yuanyuan Li doing field work for her research. Photo: EfD
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‘If I’m a farmer, and don’t own the land where I grow my crops, it’s likely that I won’t see the land as a long-term asset,’ says EfD researcher YuanYuan Yi. ‘As a result, I may not invest in looking after that land and may exploit it to make the biggest gain in the short-term. But if I own the land for a long time, I will invest in it.
Meet Yuanyuan Li and read about her research!
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What are the drivers of subsistence poachers?
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Photo: Sola Gratia, Pixabay
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There are several factors that explain why poaching is a greater problem in some areas than others. The authors of this article also suggest that these factors can be addressed with appropriate interventions. The article is written by Herbert Ntuli, Aksel Sundström, Martin Sjöstedt, Edwin Muchapondwa, Sverker C. Jagers, and Amanda Linell.
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Intrastate environmental peacebuilding: A review of the literature
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What are the links between environment and peacebuilding? The EfD authors of this report, McKenzie F. Johnson, Luz A. Rodríguez, and Manuela Quijano Hoyos, suggest that environmental peacebuilding can be a critical tool in post-conflict peacebuilding, but that peacebuilders should also be aware of the ways in which it can systematically undermine peacebuilding efforts.
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Multiple season-cropping - a way to adapt to an unpredictable climate
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Sub-Saharan Africa is highly dependent on agriculture and badly affected by uncertainty in climatic patterns, due to low adaptive capacity. The study by EfD researchers Byela Tibesigwa, Herbert Ntuli, Razack Lokina, and Boscow Okumu, Coretha Komba finds that plots that adopt multiple season-cropping systems produce higher quantities, earn more crop revenue, and are less likely to be affected by rainfall variability in comparison to plots that engage in single season-cropping systems.
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Registration is open for the SBCA Annual Meeting 2020
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The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis annual conference will be held online on March 17-19 and March 22-24, 2021. Sessions will be spread throughout the day to facilitate participation across time zones. The program includes a mix of research presentations, roundtable discussions, and innovative sessions as well as opportunities for networking.
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Ph.D. position in the economics of tropical deforestation
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The School of Economics and Business, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) offers a 3-year position as a Ph.D. Research Scholar, starting in August 2021. The Ph.D. candidate will work on a project titled “Deforestation Diagnostics: identifying context-relevant policies to reduce tropical deforestation”.
Deadline for application: March 1.
More details on the position here.
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Two Ph.D. scholarships in Cottbus, Germany
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Start of the scholarships/programs in Cottbus: Oct. 1 - Dec. 1. 2021.
The research Cluster “Multifunctional Landscapes under Climate Change (Multiland)” is part of the Ph.D. Program Environmental and Resource Management. The idea of "multifunctional landscapes" is a concept for reconciling food production with the provision of ecosystem services and the protection of biodiversity.
Deadline for application: March 14.
More details on the positions here.
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