GDRC aims to highlight the importance of food resources for our daily life. From the perspective of cities and urbanization, food security is also an important issue for healthy neighbourhoods/communities, and in reducing risks and uncertainties.

This month's output includes:

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Community Groups and Planning Action: The Need for Citizen's Participation in Decision Making    Case Study Series E-147. August 2022    GDRC progranne: Environmental Decision Making

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Oceans Conservation "At first the oceans divided the continents. Then they brought them together ... " Man's relation with the ocean has often been characterized by an 'out-of-sight-out-of-mind' attitude. Almost all of earth's water is there, along with most of its living creatures, both in terms of biomass and genetic diversity. The Ocean is what makes the earth livable - it powers the climate and weather, shapes planetary chemistry, regulates temperature and is the foundation of earth's life support. But "conservation" is not a term we associate with the oceans. Along with coastal areas and small islands, GDRC is looking at the continuum of these three ecosystems where a majority of humanity depend on for their livelihood and food.

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