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Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
2022
Author(s): Sjölander-Lindqvist A, Murin I, Dove ME
The book focuses on how communication practices collide with organizational frameworks, customary practices, livelihoods, and landscape. In so doing, the authors explore the meanings of environmental communication, pushing beyond environmental advocacy rhetoric to emphasize stronger anthropological engagement within communities to achieve more impactful environmental communication practice.

Indigenous Peacebuilding in South Sudan: Delivering Sustainable Peace Through Traditional Institutions, Customs and Practices
2023
Author(s): Bedigen W
This book explores the indigenous peace cultures of the major ethnic groups in South Sudan (Dinka, Nuer, Anuak and Acholi) and analyses their contribution to resolving the civil war.

This important collection of essays is compulsory reading for all those who wish to gain a better understanding of the dynamic processes of change which Mexico and its indigenous peoples have undergone.

World Intellectual Property Report 2024: Making Innovation Policy Work for Development
2024
Author(s): World Intellectual Property Organization
The report explores the need for innovation policies to focus on developing innovation capabilities. It offers a new methodological framework, complemented by three industry case studies – agriculture technology, motorcycle and video games – in Brazil, Finland, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Poland and the United States.

The Palgrave Handbook of Political Norms in Southeast Asia
2024
Author(s): Facal G, Micheaux EL, Norén-Nilsson A
This open-access handbook aims to constitute a reference point on political norm dynamics in Southeast Asia by bringing together the array of normative repertoires that frame the possibilities for citizens to participate in, set agendas for, make decisions in, and contest not only electoral and institutional politics but also informal and imaginary political spaces.

Climate Crisis, Social Responses and Sustainability: Socio-ecological Study on Global Perspectives
2024
Author(s): Mukhopadhyay U, Bhattacharya S, Chouhan P, Paul S, Chowdhury I R, Chatterjee U
This book aims to present an analysis of several crisis issues induced by global climate change and their implications at the micro-level, particularly from the perspective of a ground-based study.
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
2006
Publisher/Organisation: Government of India
The Act encompasses Rights of Self-cultivation and Habitation which are usually regarded as Individual rights; and Community Rights as Grazing, Fishing and access to Water bodies in forests, Habitat Rights for PVTGs, Traditional Seasonal Resource access of Nomadic and Pastoral community, access to biodiversity, community right to intellectual property and traditional knowledge, recognition of traditional customary rights and right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource for sustainable use.
Investing in Natural Capital: Innovations Supporting Much-Needed Financing for Nature
2024
Author(s): World Economic Forum
Investing in natural capital is crucial for sustainable socioeconomic development, as over half of global GDP significantly depends on nature and biodiversity. However, natural capital, which includes essential natural resources such as forests, water and soil, is in significant decline today. This insight report aims to provide a framework for evaluating how innovation can mobilize more investment for natural capital.
Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa
2024
Author(s): Adeola O, Evans O, Ngare I
This study explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for integrating climate change initiatives into national policies and planning.
Global Citizenship Education: Critical and International Perspectives
2020
Author(s): Akkari A, Maleq K
The book provides a comprehensive and geographically based overview of the challenges citizenship education faces in a rapidly changing global world through the lens of diversity and inclusiveness.