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Towards nature-based resilience in infrastructure development and assessmentDr Michelle Audouin and Dr Nadia SitasPublication: GRAID Policy Brief 2020 - Reports & Policy Briefs Infrastructure is critical to Africa’s development and its ability to address poverty. Achieving Africa’s development aspirations hinges on ensuring equitable access, not only to basic infrastructure such as water and sanitation systems, new electricity lines, roads and storm water drainage; but also to enhanced access to telecommunications and modern agricultural technologies for food security. |
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Resilience and Sustainable PeaceDowning, A.S., Spijkers, J., Norström, A. & Preiser, R.Publication: GRAID Policy Brief 2020 - Reports & Policy Briefs A system in conflict can also be resistant to peacebuilding efforts, locked into dynamics that reinforce and reproduce causes of tensions. Resilience thinking and the science on transformations can help identify leverage points for change and inform on how to use shocks and disturbances to spur renewal and innovative thinking. |
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Youth attitudes towards agricultural careers in South AfricaMetelerkamp, L., Biggs, R. and Drimie, S.Publication: CST Research insights 2019 - Reports & Policy Briefs The development of local support networks and visible role models offers a promising entry point for supporting increased youth participation and systemic change in the food system. |
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The multiple dimensions of equity in sustainable developmentWong, G., Downing, A., Selomane, O. and Sitas, N.Publication: CST Key Concepts 2019 - Reports & Policy Briefs This brief aims to clarify some of the key dimensions of the concept of equity. |
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CST RESEARCH INSIGHTS: Biological Invasions – Implications for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-beingShackleton, R. and Biggs, R.Publication: CST Research Insights 2019 - Reports & Policy Briefs Biological invasions arise from the human-mediated spread of organisms out of their native range to new areas of the world whether purposefully or accidentally. |