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An orangutan swinging between trees
Archive of completed law, economies and justice projects
… large-scale investments in natural resources such as agriculture, water and forestry impact local communities. The initiative has been gathering … Archive of completed law, economies and justice projects …
Article, 11 June 2020
Two women standing in a forest.
Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize
… managing water and enriching the soil with organic matter. IIED research shows that, globally, smallholders invest more in climate … This is where IIED’s experience is proving useful. Through projects such as the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and Nature Nurture , … advocates in Belize, including the departments of agriculture and forestry, agricultural training institutes such as Galen University and …
Insight, 18 March 2024
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
Insight, 13 June 2012
A large group of people sit on the floor in the shade from a tree
Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests
… along with climate change, is also leading to drying up of essential water sources.   Indigenous open-pollinated crops that are … farmland (covering around 14,000ha).   What is IIED doing?  The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) will co-lead the project and coordinate local …
Project, 09 February 2022
Women with their backs to the camera bind together bamboo panels and lean them against a wall
Strengthening women’s leadership for climate action
Project, 09 May 2022
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… South Korea keen to find answers to these questions can learn from research carried out in 2013.  The qualitative baseline study conducted … modern varieties mature fast, they cannot tolerate pest, disease and water stress, unlike traditional varieties.   In Guangxi, southwest … ANDES (Peru) , Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (China) , Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kenya) , and Lok Chetna Manch (India) …
Insight, 07 October 2014
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
… and mainstream EbA within climate change policies in Senegal. That research work concludes that the project activities have improved the … be developed in key sectors of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry in order to have more results to influence policies-based … concepts related to the EbA approach and an inventory of existing EbA projects in the area. At the same time, we identified interviewees to …
Project, 02 April 2019
Solar panels on a lake.
Organisers offer busy events programme in the countdown to CBA14
News, 31 August 2020
Markets for environmental services case studies
… (MBIs) for environmental management, such as pollution taxes, water user fees or eco-tourism concessions to private firms. Private … benefits (services) in rural areas of the developing world. Research findings were targeted at developing country governments, … services and improved livelihoods IIED's environmental economics and forestry and land use programmes worked together on this DFID-sponsored …
Project, 08 May 2008
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… global biodiversity loss . They are degrading the natural resources – water, soils, genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural … are already achieving zero hunger for many Indigenous Peoples, as research  by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) , and implemented with Kenya Forestry Research Institute , Lok Chetna Manch (India) and the National …
Insight, 23 October 2020