This DIIS Working Paper provides a broad overview of the Great Green Wall initiative to draw out lessons learnt from the first half of the programme. Overall, the authors find it unrealistic for the Great Green Wall to significantly alter root causes of migration and conflict in the Sahel region...

We analyze the shifting selections and roles of knowledge in rapidly evolving rural governance, exemplified by the complex transition of land governance in Khorezm, a province of Uzbekistan. Through a study of the evolution of various organizations involved in land governance at different...

The study focused forest-cover change in Kibaale district, as a governance issue. Remote Sensing, socio-economic, and GIS techniques were used. The trends of forest-cover change were quantified for 1986, 1995, 2002, and 2010. It was found that between 1986 and 2010; about 63% of the total...