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The Shelf Programme: A decade of successfully helping to secure the sovereign maritime rights of developing coastal states
GRID Arendal, 2015Not so long ago there was real concern that many developing States would not make the United Nations imposed deadline for lodging submissions for extended continental shelf. We can now look back on ten years of successful capacity building, technical and scientific support and see the tangible results of the pioneering Shelf Programme.DocumentStory Map: Ecosystem services in the Cubango / Okavango river basin
GRID Arendal, 2015Estimates by Alyward (2009) show that 380 000 people derive direct livelihood support from the Cubango/ Okabango River Basin. Much of the direct livelihood support is derived through the benefits obtained from wetlands and floodplain systems.DocumentREDD Integrity: An evidence based approach to anti-corruption in REDD+
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015Schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) have emerged as a means to address deforestation trends in developing countries and related emissions of forest carbon. Governance and corruption challenges facing REDD+ are widely acknowledged to be daunting both in their scale and severity.DocumentWhat climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, health and disaster risk reduction, is implemented in Tanzania and Malawi.DocumentNorway’s municipal international cooperation - results achieved and lessons learnt
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2015Municipal International Cooperation (1997-2014) was a programme involving municipalities in Norway and the Global South. It was managed by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This report sums up results and identifies lessons to be learnt for a possible future scheme.DocumentNational-level corruption risks and mitigation strategies in the implementation of REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An overview of the current situation
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the first REDD+ target countries due its huge forest ecosystem potential. Since 2011, the country has been creating key pieces of legislation as well as implementing REDD+ readiness activities and making pilot investments to mitigate some of the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation identified in the country.DocumentPast, present and future: fifty years of anthropology in Sudan
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015This book is about the history of anthropology in Sudan. Contributors to the book represent different generations of anthropologists who at some point in time either taught at the department in Khartoum or had some sort of connection to it.DocumentEnd of project evaluation of the Capacity Building Within Health Care : Somaliland
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015Capacity Building within Healthcare (CBH) is a project implemented in Somaliland by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission (NLM) operating under the local name Nooleynta Naruurada Mustaqbalka (NNM). The project has been piloted since 2008/9 in partnership with Somaliland Ministry of Health, Edna Adan Hospital, Hargeisa Group Hospital and the University of Hargeisa Medical Faculty.DocumentInterim assessment of revised National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPS)
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2015On behalf of UNEP-WCMC and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, Balakrishna Pisupati and Christian Prip have conducted an interim assessment of 25 national biodiversity strategies and action plans submitted after the adoption of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the "Aichi Targets" at CBD COP 10 in 2010.