Lake Dal, Srinagar, Kashmir. (IDRC photo: R. Charbonneau)

The links below provide information on current Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) program interests and regional initiatives.  More information on the work of RPE's predecessors can be found under the "Research Resources" and "Projects" sections. 

• Multi-stakeholder approaches in environmental governance
  where all stakeholders, including marginalized groups, participate in environment and natural resource management decision-making and policies are informed by field research and stakeholder needs.

• Enhancing Equitable Access and Use Rights
  to natural resources by strengthening the negotiating capacity of the rural poor to defend or expand their rights to natural resources.

• Strengthening Integration with Economic and Social Systems
  (e.g. urbanization, globalization and market integration).

• Social Learning and Adaptation
  (adaptive ecosystem management, participatory ecosystem monitoring, experimental policy design).

• Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
  A program to support African countries in their efforts to adapt to climate change through action research and capacity development.

• Building Learning Systems for Honduran Development
  

  This IDRC project is working in partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to integrate research and learning into development practice in Honduras, as part of broader efforts to promote sustainable long-term processes of development in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.