This project is implemented jointly by a consortium of leading research scientists and institutions in Switzerland, Bolivia and Kenya under the funding by SNF and SDC through the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (R4D Programme).

The Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation (COMPACT) was an exclusive, two-pronged initiative that addressed environmental concerns and met the needs of local communities simultaneously.

The NCCR North-South Programme was implemented by the Centre for Development and Environment in concert with 8 institutions from Swiss Universities and is in its second phase from July 2005 to June 2009.

Involves: Semi-arid Areas in Transition: Livelihood Security, Socio-ecological Variability and the Role of Development Interventions in East Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Programme, BIA Project

AFGROLAND's integrated research sought to link the agro-food-energy nexus to improve the understanding of how changes in the global agro-food-energy system affect countries in Africa.

The project aimed at mapping wetlands and assessing their socio-economic uses, values and functions, ecosystem services they render and threats to their sustainable management.

This project was launched in June 2009 by a consortium of European, African and Central American academic institutions. The BIA project investigated the opportunities and risks related to the production and utilization of biofuels in East Africa and in Central America.

ESAPP's mission was to promote Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and Sustainable Regional Development (SRD) in Eastern and Southern Africa by means of integrated concepts and innovative tools