📣 Today at 16:00!

Casting forward: Configuring development and development studies for troubled times.

Register at: 👉ac.pulse.ly/zrjdygpijo

With Melissa Leach Ian Scoones Peter Taylor Naomi Hossain Ernest Aryeetey Deepak Nayyar and Isatou Touray

#Zimbabwe as the new carbon frontier: dangers ahead. New blog from IDS Fellow Ian Scoones, read more below 🇿🇼
zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/zim…

Planting trees in grasslands won’t save the planet – rather protect and restore forests theconversation.com/planting-trees…

💻 Susanne Vetter, Rhodes University
#IYRP2026 #Climate

Another fascinating read from Ian Scoones in his #zimbabwe land blog series. #greenwashing with huge funding and concerns about more international land grabs

#Zimbabwe as the new #carbon frontier. But is this wise, will it work, and will it make any difference to the #climate ? #EarthDay Institute of Development Studies zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/zim…

What are the impacts of the El Niño drought in Zimbabwe, how is it being reported and what are the politics? zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/el-…

📣 IDS Event: Casting forward: Configuring development and development studies for troubled times.

Join us for this special event to mark the culmination of Melissa Leach’s tenure as Director of IDS.

Thursday 25 April at 16:00.

Register at: 👉ac.pulse.ly/hj2twnfyua

Pastoralists’ high reliability networks are critical for building resilience. Post by our friends at Feinstein International Center & Center for Research and Development in Drylands crdd-kenya.org/blog/post/past… Hussein T. Wario, PhD. Ian Scoones Rahma hassan

5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It commondreams.org/opinion/5-thin…

Explaining unsuccessful development interventions in Kenya’s drylands democracyinafrica.org/explaining-uns…

We're recruiting a post-doctoral researcher for a new project about Southern African rangelands.
jobs.ids.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

The job's based at Institute of Development Studies & involves critically examining 'nature based solutions', resilience and equity in pastoral systems in Southern Africa

What are the impacts of the El Niño drought in Zimbabwe, how is it being reported and what are the politics? zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/el-…

Pastoralists exemplify #Resilience through their high-reliability networks. In an ever-changing world, these connections are not just crucial; they're a lifeline.

Learn from their strength in building #sustainable communities ➡️ bit.ly/3xokWKt

#communitybuilding

Happy birthday to Albert Hirschman, who would be 109 today.

Hirschman—anti-fascist, resistance hero, later a development economist—may be the most interesting person to ever take up the profession.

🧵 and blog post on his remarkable life and work.

New research on Zimbabwe's land reform. A blog series in a short thread.

1/ Livelihood change zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/liv…