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When forests are owned & managed by local communities, they deliver greater carbon storage https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/16/indigenous-communities-control-over-land-mitigate-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_tw … #LatAmNow #Climatechange

How can you tell whether asylum seekers are telling the truth?http://gu.com/p/5b3ny/stw 

How will we put the New Urban Agenda #habitat3 into practice? Join us for a live Q&A on Thursday #globaldevlivehttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/21/live-qa-how-shall-we-plan-the-cities-of-the-future?CMP=share_btn_tw …

Chemonics agrees to pay back wages & benefits to applicants who faced discrimination in company’s hiring processhttp://gu.com/p/5c7vz/stw 

Verifying refugees' stories: why is it so difficult?https://gu.com/p/5b3ny/stw 

Live chat this Thurs ... How shall we plan the cities of the future? Want to be on the panel? Get in touchhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/21/live-qa-how-shall-we-plan-the-cities-of-the-future?CMP=share_btn_tw …

Los derechos de los indígenas clave contra el cambio climático https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/16/derechos-indigenas-clave-contra-cambio-climatico?CMP=share_btn_tw … #LATAM

Chemonics, one of the main development groups working with USAid, to pay out nearly $500,000 for discriminationhttp://gu.com/p/5c7vz/stw 

Landfill-harmonic: 'Music relaxes me.I’ve made new friends here, I hardly hang out on the streets anymore' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/21/mexican-music-school-vicente-guerrero-edge-of-a-rubbish-dump?CMP=share_btn_tw … #LatAmNow

Live Q&A: How shall we plan the cities of the future? Tweet @harrietgrant to be on the panel https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/21/live-qa-how-shall-we-plan-the-cities-of-the-future?CMP=share_btn_tw … #Habitat3

*NEW* Top US government aid partner to pay $500k damages to African American job applicantshttps://gu.com/p/5c7vz/stw 

Celebrating toilets from Madagascar to Ghana - in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2016/nov/18/celebrating-toilets-from-madagascar-to-ghana-in-pictures-world-toilet-day?CMP=share_btn_tw …

NEW Live Q&A: How shall we plan the cities of the future?https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/21/live-qa-how-shall-we-plan-the-cities-of-the-future?CMP=share_btn_tw …

If you want to tackle #climatechange let indigenous people control their landhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/16/indigenous-communities-control-over-land-mitigate-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_tw …

NEW on #LatAmNow – Landfill-harmonic: the Mexican music school on the edge of a rubbish dumphttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/21/mexican-music-school-vicente-guerrero-edge-of-a-rubbish-dump?CMP=share_btn_tw …

Women and their partners in #Zika-prone areas must have full access to sexual health and reproductive services'https://gu.com/p/5b8xm/stw 

Wildlife smugglers using Facebook to sell ivory and rhino hornhttps://gu.com/p/5b82b/stw 

Most people over 50 don't feel safe walking home alone at night in a lot of low- and middle-income countrieshttps://gu.com/p/5b5ey/stw 

Wildlife smugglers using Facebook to sell ivory and rhino hornhttps://gu.com/p/5b82b/stw