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Biodiversity: policy challenges in a changing world

Biodiversity: policy challenges in a changing world

15 February 2011

Taking a closer look at the rising issues surrounding biodiversity and sustainable industrial development

Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Applied Population Biology, biodiversity, biology, carbon, cities, clean water, climate change, danger, earth, energy, food, fresh air, future, green space, habitat loss, Imperial College, issue 4, life, London, medicine, natural processes, overexploitation, policy, pollination, pollution, population, poverty, preserving ecosystem, purifying, Sir John Beddington, species, sustainability, UK, water

The power of the community

The power of the community

12 November 2010

Milford Bateman argues that it is community-driven financial institutions rather than microfinance that can help poor people move out of poverty

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 18th century, agriculture, aid, banks, Basque, Brazil, business, Caja Laboral Popular, CLP, community, cooperative banks, credit institutions, economy, emergencies, enterprise development, Europe, funds, global financial crisis, governance, history, income, innovation, International, italy, job, labour, ldc, least developed countries, London, Mali, microdebt, microfinance, Milford Bateman, Nigeria, Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam America, poverty, privately owned, Second World War, social, South Africa, Spain, sustainable, UK, WWII