💧Join us at the 2nd CoRE Water & Land Dialogue🌱and hear from 2 Ethiopian scientists about the Learning Watershed approach and the lessons it offers for sustain. water & land management! 📅 16 Oct 2025, 15:00–16:15 CEST 🌐 English & French 📍 Online – open to all! Register👉 t.ly/awDhE More 👉 t.ly/tA7ps

At #IMC25, CDE scientists / MRD editors held their training session together with the journal eco.mont: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿-𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹, and also co-organized a networking event with the International Mountain Society. More about the training session 👉 t.ly/clg3g

At the @imc2025.bsky.social, CDE hosted the session 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. It provided key insights on how agroecology & local food systems can provide innovative solutions to the global sustainability crisis in mountain areas. More about the session 👉 t.ly/gg-Hj

🌱 In Savannakhet, Laos, CDE scientists mapped ecosystem services with surveys + spatial modelling. Their findings: 🔹Forests & shifting cultivation areas supply the most ecosystem services 🔹Diverse, multifunctional landscapes balance food security, biodiversity & cultural values👉 t.ly/ovuuG #research

Heading to the International Mountain Conference 2025 in Innsbruck next week? Take the opportunity to meet MRD's associate editors! They are cohosting three sessions designed to support mountain researchers and development practitioners. Check them out: t.ly/0uOSv or 👇🏻 #MountainsMatter #IMC25

Is it possible to develop #cleanenergy sources at scale and still protect the environment and ensure fair business practices and equal access for all? We find out >> bit.ly/47fcGwj #justtransition #greengrabbing #Argentina #energytransition #greenenergy #lithiummining

Wie klingt Biodiversität?🌿 Wie duftet Natur? 🐝 Tauche an der Nacht der Forschung in die Welt der #Biodiversität ein und erfahre in 5 Hörstücken mehr über die Forschung zur biologischen Vielfalt. Besuche uns an 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆! 6. Sept., 16:00-23:00 UniS, 1. UG, Foyer B-102 #ndfunibern

🌿 Das Wort #Nachhaltigkeit taucht überall auf – von der Wissenschaft über NGOs bis hin zu Banken + Ölkonzernen. 💡In unserer neuen Serie über die Wirkung dieser Aneignung geht Lilla Gurtner vom CDE der Frage nach: 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀 «𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗴» 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘁? 👉 t.ly/heIqO #BeyondBuzzwords

🌿 #Sustainability pops up everywhere—from science to NGOs, banks & oil companies. But what happens when everything is called sustainable? 💡In our new series on the impact of this appropriation, CDE’s Lilla Gurtner asks: How do we react when everything looks sustainable? 👉 t.ly/qaP3k #BeyondBuzzwords

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 CDE scientist Norman Kearney shows in a report for @wyssacademy.bsky.social how nature-based solutions could improve sustainability of food production in tropical forest frontiers in Peru + drained organic soils in Switzerland. More 👉 t.ly/L2eCN

Warum sind die Agrarhandels-Regeln ungenügend, um weltweit nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme zu fördern, und wie können sie neu gestaltet werden? Internationale Expert*innen erläutern die aktuellen Schwachstellen und stellen Leitlinien für einen zukünftigen Ansatz vor 👉 t.ly/Ieg4i

Why are the agricultural trade rules of the WTO insufficient to promote sustainable food systems worldwide, and how can they be re-imagined? In two papers, international experts explain the current weaknesses and present principles to guide a future approach. More 👉 t.ly/6AjiG

New paper: 𝗚𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 CDE scientists analysed what factors are constraining #biodiversity impact finance in the Global South, and what could be done to bridge the gap. Read the paper👉 t.ly/CroRi #impactinvesting

🌍🔍 Wir können auch anders! Mach mit am 𝗖𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘇 an der Nacht der Forschung der @unibe.ch und lass dein Wissen über die aktuelle Weltlage herausfordern! Entdecke, wo es Erfolge und positiven Wandel gibt. 📅 6. September, 17:30 / 19:30 / 21:30 📍 UniS, 1. UG, B-102 Anmeldung 👉 t.ly/9A3eg #ndfunibern

We are looking for topic editors to join the team! Help shape knowledge for sustainable mountain futures and be part of a unique, not-for-profit, community-supported scientific journal aiming for societal impact! Find out more and apply by 24 Oct: t.ly/PAzBF #AcademicSky #MountainsMatter

What happens when the world’s most powerful architect and funder of development cooperation seeks not only to withdraw, but to dismantle the very norms, institutions, and multilateral frameworks it once championed? ✍️ Our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2317

Achieving human well-being & eradicating poverty for all – while protecting climate & biodiversity – requires change. You can be a part of it! Join us at the 2026 Online International #WinterSchool on #SustainableDevelopment for Bachelor’s & Master’s Students 📅 26-30 Jan. 2026 Apply now👉 t.ly/6ebzA

Another issue is complete! Read about adaptive pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes, interface areas in the European Alps as a new spatial planning category, sustainability pathways for trail running in Romania, off-piste skiing and climate change in France, and more! t.ly/M6x0A #MountainsMatter

💡Wissenschaft zum Erleben: Die @unibe.ch zeigt über 80 Forschungsprojekte, u.a. unsere Ausstellung «Jhum in den Bergen der Naga Myanmars». Hier findest du uns: 📅 6. September, 16-23 Uhr 📍 UniS, 1. UG, B-102 und Foyer Das ganze Programm 👉 www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch?etcc_cmp=ndf... #ndfunibern

🇫🇷 Nature parks in France – more than just #conservation? Thomas Hammer, CDE @unibe.ch calls them “labs for #SustainableDevelopment” in his new book. What drives their success? What challenges remain – and how do they differ from Swiss parks? Read the interview👉 t.ly/5iRm1 #Transformation #Research

🇫🇷 Naturpärke in Frankreich – mehr als nur #Naturschutz? Sie sind «Labore für nachhaltige Entwicklung», so Thomas Hammer, CDE @unibe.ch in seinem neuen Buch. Was macht sie so erfolgreich? Welche Herausforderungen bleiben? Und was läuft anders als in der Schweiz? Antworten im Interview👉 t.ly/UA1lJ

🐝"𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆"🍯 Several initiatives to promote agrobiodiversity in Southeast Asia include a focus on honey production: Forests are healthier and harbour more flowering trees in places where wild bee colonies are maintained using low-tech practices. Visit our exhibition 👉 t.ly/uLm5A

How can a phone teach smallholder farmers in Africa + Asia how to farm better? Read the story by our partner icipe on Digital Transformation in Sustainable Land Management in our common project AgriPath 👉 t.ly/f_LOH (from p. 23), supported by SDC Switzerland + @bmz.de. @grameenfoundation.bsky.social

🎉 We are thrilled to launch the CoRE Water&Land Dialogue series with the 1st dialogue on “Bridging Science & Practice: WOCAT tools and network for Sustainable Land Management in Africa.” 📅 21 Aug 2025, 15:00–16:15 CEST 🌐 English & French 📍 Online – open to all Register 👉 t.ly/YXFD6 More 👉 t.ly/tA7ps

🌍Together with the African Forest Forum we invite you to a virtual Community of Practice on cocoa + the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free products. The webinar provides a space to exchange + build alliances for policies that protect #forests + livelihoods. 15–17 July, 11:00–14:00 CEST👉 t.ly/OYdFy

"Towards Convivial Sciences" takes a critical look at the dominant (Western) model of science. It reveals how this model - supposedly neutral and universal - is in fact deeply political and reductionist. The authors ask what other forms of science we might aspire to. 👇

Out now: UNEP’s GEO-7 “Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Dialogue” Outcome Report! It shares #IndigenousPeoples' views on the socio-environmental crises featured throughout #GEO-7 👉 t.ly/hMBkg Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel (CDE) co-convened the process and facilitated the 1st dialogue. @unep.org

Voices from the Global South should play a key role in the revisions of the @globalresearch.scnat.ch Guide. In our input (see report 👇), 5 partnership-experienced scholars from CDE’s wider Global South network reviewed the current Guide and provided recommendations for the next version: t.ly/lXWuW

🌿Watch this video by our colleagues in #Laos about our PhD candidate Chanthavone Phomphakdy and his #research on the topics related to the values of #ecosystem services – and learn more about the benefits that #nature provides to humans 👉 t.ly/f80AY @unibe.ch @globalresearch.scnat.ch

Just out: Article by Fanny Voélin (CDE, @unibe.ch) + Lars Buur, which shows how infrastructure projects are used to channel state resources to key allies of Madagascar's president while anchoring presidential rule in Malagasy history + territory, reshaping state institutions 👉 t.ly/qK3xG #research

Just out: "Territorializing Power". The article by Fanny Voélin (CDE) + Lars Buur shows how infrastructure projects are used to channel state resources to key allies of Madagascar's president while anchoring presidential rule in Malagasy history + territory, reshaping state institutions👉 t.ly/qK3xG

🌍🌱𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚! Join our Community of Practice ✅to share knowledge & experiences on intra-African timber trade; ✅to identify entry points & alignment opportunities for timber in green growth strategies. 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 – 𝟏𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Info & registration 👉 t.ly/yeAh1 Project 👉 t.ly/RVajq

Our latest working paper examines pricing schemes aimed at delivering a living income for cocoa-farming communities. It synthesizes existing mechanisms and explores innovative legal and institutional frameworks to scale these approaches – bridging public and private governance: t.ly/wG8WA #research

Just out: “Shaping change for desirable futures”, an article by Alexandra Vlachos, CDE, on a module in our Master’s programme. She describes how students are equipped with a solid toolkit and real-world examples of how to vision for sustainable futures + find pathways for transformation 👉 t.ly/U7DKW

📣 Webinar Announcement: Join us for a deep dive into this practical @unccd.bsky.social and WOCAT tool to assess and strengthen the gender-responsiveness of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) technologies. 🗓️ 10 July 2025 🕒 15:00-16:30 CEST Register now: t.ly/N17x

Just out: our 2024 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. It features many insights and positive results from our programme activities – contributions that are helping to solve complex challenges and provide grounds for optimism. Have a look and get inspired 👉 t.ly/iLZgk #research #highereducation #sustainablefutures

We've already recorded 9M hectares of #LandDeals for #CarbonOffset projects in our database, with #Indonesia’s #rainforests emerging as a key hotspot 🌴 But do these projects really deliver the climate AND community benefits they promise? Our deal narrative finds out 🔎 bit.ly/4l5qTQF #LandRights

🌐 🌱 It's #DesertificationAndDroughtDay! Desertification, land degradation, and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with up to 40% of all land area worldwide already considered degraded. Nevertheless, there are also positive developments to report. Examples? 🧵

Different TWAS fellowships available—lasting from three months to three years—scientists from developing countries can gain invaluable experience working with prominent colleagues in other developing countries. @eadi.bsky.social @swisstph.ch @cdeunibe.bsky.social @scnat.ch twas.org/opportunitie...

A warm welcome to our partner @landmatrix.bsky.social on Bluesky👏 This independent global land monitoring initiative promotes transparency, accountability, and more meaningful & inclusive participation in land investments and governance.🔗and discover ⤴️ @giga-hamburg.de @cirad.bsky.social @giz.de

🌿 #BiodiversityDay 2025 highlights our shared mission: achieving Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development.🧪 The upcoming @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2, to be delivered in 2028, will assess progress towards sustainability & living in harmony with nature. 🌍 ℹ️ www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

💡 #Scientists today are asked to navigate complex roles - as experts, mediators, advisors, or advocates. @scnat.ch just launched a guide to encourage reflection on the different roles scientists can (or should) play. The full #report is available here ➡️ naturwissenschaften.ch/id/nA7hm?emb...

Wer profitiert vom Wandel und wer bleibt zurück? Fachleute der #unibern aus der Soziologie, der Psychologie und den Wirtschaftswissenschaften haben Antworten: www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/die_arb.... #AI #Arbeitsmarkt @cdeunibe.bsky.social

🌱 Do you teach agriculture, environmental science, or sustainability? This course, developed by the G20 Global Land Initiative & partners, gives you the tools to Trigger Change and prepare students to become the land restorers and ecopreneurs of tomorrow. The course is FOR FREE 👉https://t.ly/45ggi

Podium: Welche Zukunft hat das globalisierte «Geschäftsmodell Schweiz» in der aktuellen Zeitenwende? 📅 24.5.2025 🕜 13:45 📍Bern 🗣️Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, @cdeunibe.bsky.social Uni Bern 🗣️Sébastien Guex, Uni Lausanne 🗣️@dbdurisch.bsky.social 🗣️ @silvielang.bsky.social Moderation: Valérie Wacker, SRF

What does a second #Trump term mean for #development and #DevelopmentPolicy? Join our workshop, co-organised with @eadi.bsky.social: www.idos-research.de/en/events/de...

Who really controls the land - and at what cost? By combining our data with the Orbis database, this article by some of our team members uncovers who the investors really are and how different investor types impact #humanrights and #environmentalchange 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Autocrats in power, nationalist parties rising—and with Trump back, the former world order collapsing: What does that mean for #sustainability? For the #science behind it? Read our interview with Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director of @idos-research.bsky.social and CDE Director Sabin Bieri: t.ly/n71Or

Autokratien und nationalistische Parteien im Aufwind – und mit Trump die bisherige Weltordnung weg. Was heisst das für die Nachhaltigkeits-Ziele und -Wissenschaft? Wir haben Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Dirketorin @idos-research.bsky.social und CDE-Direktorin Sabin Bieri befragt. Interview👉 t.ly/ddbHF