This course is meant to enable development and communication professionals to design and implement rural communication strategies combining participatory methods with communication processes, media and tools best suited for a specific situation.Audience:The course primarily addresses field workers, community leaders, development and communication professionals who need to enhance their skills in d...

Although intentional use of fires to transform land has decreased globally, particularly among highly capitalized countries through regulatory and market-oriented approaches and moral suasion, regulatory strategies have been less effective in southern and eastern Asia (see table S21). Some densely populated agricultural regions in China and India buck the global trend, showing increases in agricul...

Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) involves working with diverse stakeholders from the government, private sector, civil society, donors, and others for developing a shared understanding of goals and their role in the project. Getting your head around all the different dynamics that influence decisions is overwhelming at times.Stakeholder mapping enables diverse teams to have an in-depth conversation a...

Slash and burn agriculture has been commonly practiced in the tropics for generations. Besides the fact that this system is important for local people, it has been changing from the traditional pattern to a more intensive practice that could degrade ecosystems. There is a need to develop an automated method able to efficiently quantify land-use intensity within slash and burn system, i.e., the num...

These trainings materials were developed by Self Helf Africa as part of the CCAC-funded project "Abatement of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector by Reducing Open Field Burning (No Burn Alternatives)". They were produced to support the training of extension agents in Nigeria and cover the following topics:Module 1: Understanding No-Burn TechnologyModule 2: Cl...

Open waste burning (OWB) is an urgent environmental and public health crisis in low- and middle-income countries, yet little work has been done to understand it through a gender lens. In this article, Delila Khaled, founder and principal of ImpaXus, a global development advisory firm, shares details from her research on OWB in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic. Her study provides new insights in...

The Flipflopi Toolkit is a free, open resource for people working to tackle plastic pollution in places that are often left out of the conversation – shoreline towns, island communities, small recycling groups, and local governments working far from big-city infrastructure.It’s based on what authors have learned from running a recycling programme in Lamu, a small island archipelago off the norther...

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment.Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)...

The recommended actions for strengthening Solid Waste Management (SMW) in Togo by 2030 focus on legal reform, institutional capacity building, behavior change and infrastructure development, among other key action areas. Key priorities include creating a steering committee, enacting integrated waste legislation and establishing standards and incentives for composting. Capacity building is central,...

Togo has ambitious climate change mitigation targets, including a 32% reduction in methane and a 28.1% reduction in overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the waste sector by 2030.To reach these targets, Greater Lomé, the capital of Togo, is crucial due to its increasing population, economic activity and waste generation. Furthermore, Greater Lomé bolsters stronger solid waste management (SWM) ...