A development corridor is a linear geographical area identified as a priority for investment to catalyse economic growth and development. Development corridors improve connections between rural and urban areas to …
Can development corridors deliver positive outcomes for nature?
Diego Juffe Bignoli (Senior Programme Officer, UNEP-WCMC/ Post-Doctoral Scientist, Development Corridors Partnership) “I don’t want problems, I want solutions” one of my early managers used to tell me more than …
Seven principles to set goals that achieve positive outcomes for biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty put in place in 1993 to promulgate conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, while ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of the …
Sharing, learning and impact: DCP furthers China-Africa cooperation with a series of targeted outreach events
(Cover image features DCP China, Kenya, UK and Tanzania teams in 2018 in Ihemi, Tanzania – by Diego Juffe Bignoli/ UNEP-WCMC) When the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) was launched in …
Do development corridors contribute to carbon emissions?
By Elena Castellano, London School of Economics (LSE), UK Setting the scene In the context of global climate change efforts, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa focus more on climate change adaptation, …
Using remote sensing to improve wildlife connectivity in Tanzania’s agricultural corridors
Pablo Cisneros-Araujo and Miguel Ramirez-Lopez, two former MSc students linked to the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) from Copenhagen University, share their experience of working with the DCP in Tanzania. Their …
9 women of the Development Corridors Partnership creating pathways for sustainable and equitable African futures
This International Women’s Day, we shine the spotlight on 9 women within the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) who provide leadership and expertise, both global and local, to the implementation of …
Supporting adaptation action and climate resilience in 2021
(Originally published on 1st February, 2021, as a post on LSE’s Grantham Research Institute blog. See the full publication here.) Authors: Declan Conway and Katharine Vincent We all have to …
Environmental degradation from transportation infrastructure: the case of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
As many nations look towards large-scale infrastructure investment as a catalyst for economic growth, a group of scientists from the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) warn about the unwelcome environmental degradation …
Four Steps for the Earth: a holistic approach to saving nature
22nd January 2021 As we enter a last-chance decade for tackling the global nature crisis, scientists have outlined a new framework for implementing global commitments to restoring nature, The Mitigation …
Imaginaries of development corridors: Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through development corridors in East Africa
Authors: Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Laetitia Pettinotti, Declan Conway, Swenja Surminski, Edward Ndilhana, and Tobias Nyumba (Originally published on 14th December, 2020, as a post on https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/imaginaries-of-development-corridors-delivering-the-sustainable-development-goals-through-development-corridors-in-east-africa/. See the full working …
DCP holds its Internal Mid-Term Conference : 22nd – 25th Sep 2020
As the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) nears its final year (2021), over 40 researchers and project partners from 11 institutions in Kenya, Tanzania, China and the UK met for an …
Quantifying and visualising inter-dependencies in the water–energy–food nexus
By Declan Conway and Christian Siderius (Originally published on 25th August, 2020, as a Commentary on https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/quantifying-and-visualising-inter-dependencies-in-the-water-energy-food-nexus/ . The second paper discussed in this commentary, based on Tanzania’s Rufiji Basin, …
DCP HELPS GUIDE NEW CORRIDOR LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA
During July and August 2020, the value of the Development Corridors Partnership as a growing network, resource and driver of real practical change gained momentum. As part of the process …
Early strategizing to achieve impact: using Kumu across a multi-country project
By Sicily Fiennes (Intern/UNEP-WCMC) UNEP-WCMC is leading the process to map and visualise research taking place across 4 country teams, within the GCRF Development Corridors Partnership. We are critically considering …