Laili trains women from different ethnic and religious groups to collaborate to improve family income and agricultural practices. As their collaborations succeed, women become recognized as community leaders, who then work across boundaries to protect natural resources, establish land rights,
Fast Fashion and Its Environmental Impact
Clothing retailers like Zara, Forever 21, and H&M make cheap and fashionable clothing to satisfy the needs of young consumers. Yet, fast fashion has a significant environmental impact. According to the UN Environment Programme, the industry is the second-biggest consumer of water
What is Fast Fashion?
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Drones Put Land Rights Back On the Map
These important initiatives are being driven by drones and novel forms of map making. The law legitimises village level spatial planning based on participatory mapping, leaving village governments better positioned at the negotiation table against state and private actors. What
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From Peatlands, Strengthening Immunity of Communities
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Rahmawati Many people in this world feel bored of this situation because of the pandemic and many activities move at home, because it’s very dangerous if we do the activities by meeting with many people. For now we need to
Due to TWK, Is KPK just a Story (?)
Weakened. That is the impression the public perceived as witnessing a series of events faced by KPK. Starting from the revision of KPK Law, problematic commissioner elections, the rejection of the judicial review by the Constitutional Court, to the dismissal
Village SDGs and Reconstruction of Sustainable Development Paradigm
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Umme Keeps Traditions
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