Sustainability Without Lab Coats: Citizen Science in Service of the SDGs
by Enlisting the Public The universality of the themes covered by the SDGs speaks to the fact that there is not only space, but also interest, …
Category: Life on land
Applied Sciences / Life on land / Natural Sciences / Resources / Responsible consumption and production
Missing the Long Term Perspective on Development
Advisors have been replaced by consultants. Broader projects have partially been replaced by narrower ones with singular purposes. This has had both positive and negative …
Applied Sciences / Climate action / Life on land / Natural Sciences / Partnerships for the goals / Resources
Fieldwork and Big Data – Researching the Maasai Mara Savannah in Kenya
Researchers from Aarhus University are involved in finding sustainable ways for wildlife and indigenous lifestyles to survive in the Maasai Mara savannah in Kenya. Traditional …
Applied Sciences / Life on land / Opinions / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Social Sciences
Danish Development Research Must Pay Attention to the Tech-Field
New technologies open the way for new possible approaches to developing the Global South – and new methods for researching this development. A Danish anthropologist …
The Chinese Factor: Chinese Migration for Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining in Ghana
Ghana is ranked amongst the top five producers of gold in Africa. Research revealed that an estimated number of 50,000 Chinese individuals migrated from China …
Global Warming: Heat Waves Test Human Endurance in South Asia
The summer of 2022 will be remembered as a brutal season in the history of climate change. Heatwaves killed at least 90 people in India …
Applied Sciences / Life on land / Opinions / Responsible consumption and production / Reviews / Social Sciences
Not All Forests Are Equal: Mitigating Climate Change Through Sustainable Forestry
Our planet is rapidly growing warmer. Initiatives are surfacing to not just adapt to, but actively combat the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. …
Applied Sciences / Good health and well-being / Life on land / News / Responsible consumption and production / Social Sciences
Tracking environmental crimes in Ghana
Ghana is the leading producer of minerals, especially gold in Africa. But more than 35% of the country’s minerals are extracted by small-scale miners, most …
Learning from one of the marginalised sectors in society – the Higaonon tribe of Bukidnon, Philippines
While we fight for the last grain to survive, the Higaonon tribe – a group of indigenous peoples in the remote mountain villages of Bukidnon, …
New research 2021: Illegal resource extraction and state formation in emerging African democracies
by The Independent Research Fund Denmark – Social Sciences has granted DKK 2,7 mill. to Postdoc Paul Austin Stacey, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University.
Illegally accessed resources comprise an expanding, billion-dollar sector in many sub-Saharan African countries. The new project is focusing on illegal gold mining in Ghana.