Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective?

This synthesis report summarises research on how climate finance has been spent so far, and whether or not it has been spent on improving people’s water security.

This brief paper outlines the aim of a collaborative project seeking to achieve a better understanding of the factors that determine forage yield and value of pastures in Central America.The expansion of pastures is Central America has not been accompanied with sustainable management of pastures

This paper aims to learn from the household survival strategies in Ethiopia that have evolved to manage diverse disaster hazards with a view that such strategies can inform more effective disaster preparedness, relief, recovery and prevention, policies and interventions.This report describes the

This case study shows how the activities of a large foreign-invested mining company on land held by the Awajun community in the northern forests of Peru have led to a characteristic cycle of state permissiveness in granting mining concessions, thus leading to social conflict.