Land use

Policy coherence around energy transition and agricultural transformation in Rwanda

SEI brief / This policy brief highlights hotspots in resource use competition in Rwanda that might flare up as resources become increasingly scarce in the future.

14 November 2018 / About Energy access, Food and agriculture, Land use, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water-energy-food nexus

Biodiversity and conservation in a time of rapid change

Feature / Climate and biodiversity scientist Professor Camille Parmesan gave the 2018 Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture. Read more and watch highlights from the lecture.

23 October 2018 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems, Forests and Land use

Image shows a smoldering charcoal basin.

PEER

Project / This project examined the potential of a dual-pronged approach to developing technical and social alternatives to charcoal in Zambia.

2018 - 2020 / About Cities, Energy access, Household energy and Land use

Silhouette of the old cableway for transporting coal from mines in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Midnight sun scenery with light clouds and mountains in background.

Mapping different forms of knowledge to understand the impacts of mining

Perspective / Neal Haddaway explains how frustrations with evidence synthesis led to new work combining indigenous and scientific knowledge.

10 October 2018 / About Fossil fuels, Land use, Pollution and Wellbeing

Photo - of a member of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), wearing a mask - Marcello Casal JR/ABr on Wikimedia CC3.

Brazil’s landless movement and rights ‘from below’

Journal article / This study considers how agrarian movements develop and apply their own rights discourses to further demands for social justice.

15 September 2018 / About Land use and Participation

Loading truck with bananas for transporting, near El Jardin Antioquia, Colombia, South America

Supporting SDG integration in Colombia

Project / SEI is partnering with the UN Environment Programme to support the implementation of the environmental aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals in Colombia.

2018 - 2020 / About Land use, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources