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Plastics have been a development driver for decades but have turned into a development problem due to their omnipresence in the environment. Marine litter and plastic pollution have attracted much attention and commitments from governments and the private sector alike in the past few years....
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Biomass is the most important source of energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from biomass, mainly in the form of wood that is either used directly as a fuel (57 percent), or converted into charcoal (23 percent) together with...
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examine the link between mining and sexual violence. There is a dearth of research specifically into the gender dimensions of … artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a means to economic security for both men and women. Further, there has been … insufficient analysis of the real and potential threats to women’s human rights in the artisanal mining sector in DRC. Once these …
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primarily from extensive background studies undertaken of the forestry, fishery, wildlife, mining, and tourism sub sectors (COWI …
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Regional organizations and national governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the benefits from mining sector … investment. The Africa Union's African Mining Vision 2050 outlines a new resource-based industrialization and development … governments are also increasingly looking for ways to maximize benefits derived from investment in mining. This report aims to …
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