Herbal medicine promotion for a restorative bioeconomy in tropical forests: a reality check on the Brazilian Amazon

Mairon G. Bastos Lima

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103058

Three women wearing traditional dress and head coverings carrying wicker baskets on their backs with the woman in the centre also carrying a metal pot on top walking down a mountain path in the middle of rice paddies, North Viet Nam

Community agency and democratic resource conservation: Case of Baan Thung Yao forest community in Thailand

Perspective / Prioritizing stronger local community participation and gender-equal decision-making can ensure ecological and human dignity in forest conservation in Thailand.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

Four researchers standing beneath a tree with measurement equipment tied to a branch

Opportunity: Join the Programme Life Cycle Support

Feature / SweDev and the Development and Aid Policy Team is announcing an opportunity for development practitioners to show interest in the Programme Life Cycle Support.

12 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial view of swimmer in waves, Malé, Maldives

Breakdown or breakthrough: currents and turning points in 2022

Perspective / SEI Currents 2022 taps the institute’s expertise and insights from eight offices on four continents to examine trends emerging in 2022 and beyond.

20 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Climate services, Ecosystems, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Transport, Water resources and Wellbeing

Rising violence against environmental activists threatens us all

Perspective / Throughout the Global South, environmental activists face a growing threat of violence: an alarming trend that suggests that their efforts are too important.

20 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Ecosystems, Land use, Participation, Public policy and Wellbeing

SEI Currents 2022

Feature / The world is in transition. What trends are emerging in 2022?

Crowded lane with rickshaws around Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Increasing the use of research in Swedish development policy and practice

Other publication / This study examines how to increase the use of research-based knowledge among policymakers in Sweden to advance international development cooperation.

24 November 2021 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Rural farm in a village in Kenya with green grass and trees in foreground

A look into Eastern Africa’s bioeconomy strategy

Perspective / Since 2018, seven countries in Eastern Africa have worked on developing a regional bioeconomy strategy, culminating in the presentation of a draft summary.

14 November 2021 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Finance, Geopolitics and Public policy

The confluence where the Songkhram River meets the Mekong at Ban Chai Buri, Tha Uthen District, Nakhon Phanom. An unusual drop of the Mekong River and the absence of its backflow in the Songkhram during the rainy season have been observed this year.

Dams and droughts, data and diplomacy in the Mekong

Perspective / As the Mekong Region faces more intense floods and droughts, data sharing and water diplomacy are emerging as new narratives for transboundary water governance.

9 November 2021 / About Water resources

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