June the 24th ActionAid organized in Turin the debate “Una Mole di lavoro: prospettive e interrogativi sulla lotta alla povertà tra Nord e Sud del mondo” (A lot of work: perspectives and…
Author: lucafanelli
Participatory planning to reconstruct riparian forest
The Instituto Socioambiental is right now implementing a project, called “Plano diretor para recomposição florestal visando à conservação de recursos hídricos da bacia hidrográfica do rio Ribeira de Iguape e Litoral sul”…
Research and decision making in NGOs: some hypotheses and research agenda
A very interesting field that tests the relationship between research and decision making is the local sustainable development project (LSDPs). In order to clarify the subsequent argument, I characterise in the following…
Agroforestry and sustainable grassroots business
On February the 15th two training courses started: Agroforestry management plan (agroecology production) and Business plan of agroforestry products. They are part of a set of training courses that integrate the component…
Food security and sustainable development in Brazil… by the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources
The Instituto Socioambiental applied for the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The project title is: “Food security and sustainable development in Brazil, and, in…
An interesting mission in the Eastern Minas Gerais countryside
During the second semester of 2010, I had the opportunity to know some places within the Leste de Minas region (Brazil). This region is very different to others where I worked. The…
Landraces fair, now reaching the S. Paulo state
The idea of a fair of landraces exchange in the S. Paulo State rose within the Seed workgroup of the Council of Organic Production of the S. Paulo State (CPOrg/SP). The Instituto…