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MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES: Win-win solutions improve livelihoods and the land

Lou Yiping/INBAR

Resilient bamboo and rattan
anchor environmental revival

Bamboo and rattan are at the centre of major initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America that are combatting global warming, fighting soil erosion, protecting forests, and enhancing communities’ access to water.

When IDRC first supported pioneering research on these plants in 1979, the world knew little of their positive environmental potential. But this is changing thanks to work undertaken by the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), created by IDRC in the early 1990s as an extension of earlier IDRC-sponsored research.

Maize gene banks help farmers adapt to new challenges

Ceramic stove eases strain on African forests

Securing land rights defuses conflicts in Cambodia

Healthy environments. Access to natural resources. The balance between these two is a key issue in many developing countries. For 40 years, IDRC-supported researchers have come up with innovative ways both to reduce poverty and protect the natural resources on which communities depend.

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Ceramic stove eases strain on African forests 2010-09
A cooking stove that has become popular in Kenya and neighbouring countries has taken pressure off Africa’s threatened forests by reducing the demand for wood and charcoal.

Maize gene banks help farmers adapt to new challenges 2010-09
Small-scale farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, whose farming traditions are threatened, now have access to more native corn varieties from across the region, allowing them to breed local strains more adaptable to environmental challenges.

Resilient bamboo and rattan anchor environmental revival 2010-09
Bamboo and rattan are at the centre of major initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America that are combatting global warming, fighting soil erosion, protecting forests, and enhancing communities’ access to water.

Securing land rights defuses conflicts in Cambodia 2010-09
The hill people in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province set a powerful precedent that has served as a model for the country’s land tenure laws.

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