Our Stories
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Poverty-Environment Initiative tells the story of helping countries to
find safe substitutes for thin plastic bags, at the Gender booth, … -
The change of a force of female recyclers that today, far from the dumps, advocates for proper solid waste management of Peru.
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Rubaya Green Village generate net benefits of $21 million and reduce poverty by almost 1 percent
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Poverty–Environment– Gender Nexus in urban areas through the green and inclusive economy
by Pilar Roman, Poverty-Environment Initiative
Latin America and the Caribbean Programme -
Soil loss is a major threat to the agricultural development in Malawi and by extension is also a major hindrance to the overall economic development of the country since the Malawian economy is dependent on agriculture.
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An estimated four million people make their living from informal recycling in Latin America and the Caribbean. Working in hazardous and unsanitary conditions, most of these recyclers are socially and economically marginalized.
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Nairobi, 30 August 2016: When environment-related public spending is compared to the much-larger economic costs of environmental damage, governments tend to sit up and take notice – and invest more in sustainability.
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In the remote province of Sekong in southern Laos deep muddy ditches encircle villages in the Thateng district.