This new publication from the r4d "Towards Food Sustainability"-project employs Ferguson's concept of the "Anti-Politics Machine" to uncover hidden power asymmetries of state-driven development strategies in the age of neoliberalism. "Commons-grabbing" is the institutional change from common to state and private property, often based on a false discourse of "unproductive" or "unused" resources. Institutional pluralism facilitates this process. Moreover, financial compensation for grabbing commons do not equally reach affected people, do not cover their loss and increase vulnerability, thus eroding resilience and especially affecting women.

Air quality in the Chilean city of Coyhaique is awful. Researchers from the Univer-sity of Bern’s UNESCO Chair and their Chilean partners want to change this. Their focus is on combining environmental education in schools, nature conservation, and the promotion of renewable energies and energy-efficient building. A main insight from the project is that the population’s active participation is crucial to successful sustainable development.

Background
This report provides a detailed outline of the content of the Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (FoodSAF) and the specific indicators to be used. It presents an ex ante rationale and structure for the FoodSAF, including proposed indicators of the tool.

Conservation Agriculture

Mapping & Assessing Wetlands Utilization in the Upper Ewaso Ngiro Basin