After 52 years of internal conflict and four years of peace negotiations, the Colombian government and the guerrilla group 'Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia' (FARC) signed a historic peace agreement in 2016. Since then, Colombia has become one of the ten fastest growing tourist markets in the world. The official peace has brought a new dynamic into the tourism sector.

The ongoing cropland degradation in West Africa, particularly in its dryland regions, is increasingly threatening food security, environmental health, and rural and urban livelihoods. This situation is exacerbated by the growing impacts of climate change. Afforestation with multipurpose tree species has been recognized worldwide as a low-cost and viable option to reverse land degradation in the face of climate change.

Adjoa Annan is a doctoral student at the Ghanaian-German Centre for Development Studies, which is a collaboration between ZEF and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Accra. The centre and Adjoa's resear

Anlässlich seines zehnjährigen Bestehens wird das „Right Livelihood College" (RLC) im Jahr 2020 Jahrespartner der Bundesstadt Bonn. Das hat der Ausschuss für Internationales und Wissenschaft beschlossen. Der deutsche Sitz der internationalen Organisation ist am Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn untergebracht.

Interview with ZEF Direktor Prof. Joachim von Braun

In: Der Standard. December 19, 2019