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SHARING INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES

Volume 3
Examples of Successful Economic, Environmental and Sustainable Livelihood Initiatives in the South

Published in partnership with:
Third World Network (TWN)

Economic policies and management

• CPF: Mobilising domestic savings for development: Singapore
• Regulation of foreign capital flows: Chile
• SAPRI: Organising civil society to review structural adjustment policies; Ghana

Environmental policies and management

• Capacity development in plant sciences in Ethiopia
• India's policy for protecting the coastal environment for sustainable use
• The Conservation Strategy of Ethiopia project

Community-based sustainable livelihoods

• Water-efficient sugarcane farming; India
• Small-scale textile production using natural dyes: Bangladesh
• Sustainable rice production by indigenous women: Philippines
• Community statutes for sustainable rural development: Ethiopia
• The Irula tribal snake venom extraction cooperative: India
• Handmade paper from rags and trash: India

Environmentally sound practices and techniques

• Nayakrishi Andolon: A community based system of organic farming: Bangladesh
• Auroville: Wasteland reclamation through rehabilitation of eroded soil: India
• SIBAT: Training farmers to regain traditional seeds: Philippines
• Agrobiodiversity and coping with variability in weather and soils: Ethiopia
• Raising of earthworms (vermitech) for environmentally-sound uses