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Situation vacant for Senior Researcher in Forestry and Land Use IIED is looking for an inspiring forestry leader to develop and manage a programme of research and partnership building.
Asian experts to identify sustainable-development priorities IIED is seeking input for its new strategy from experts across Asia
Local organisations show how to bring water and sanitation to world's slums Slum dwellers are gaining improved access to clean water and sanitation thanks to a variety of innovative approaches to be described at the World Water Week conference next week		Global forest plan could boost fight against poverty and climate change IIED consulted hundreds of experts who have called for a new kind of 'bottom up' forest partnership
Africa's Food Crises The Royal African Society, the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group, and IIED host a public meeting on 'The Price of Food: Hunger or Hope for Africa?		Impact by Forest Governance Learning Group in Africa and Asia The Group has published its latest update on its activities in eight African and three Asian countries.

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) the lifeblood of India’s forest-dependent poor
NTFPs - including bamboo, mahua, tamarind, tendu leaves and sal seed - provide major opportunities to Indian forest dwellers

Biofuels boom increases risks of landlessness
New report adds however that biofuels are not all bad and could improve livelihoods under the right conditions

IIED was at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 19-30 May
Read more about our activities

Urbanization transforming Rural Livelihoods
Analyzing the role of rural-urban linkages in the rapid decline in the poverty rate among fruit farmers in the rural Mekong Delta, Vietnam

A sustainable future for the polar regions
IIED's Barry Dalal-Clayton recently contributed to an Aljazeera documentary called 'Arctic Rush', examining concerns about the ongoing rush for resources and potential environmental harms

Non-literate farmer filmmakers help save biodiversity
Indian farmers turned filmmakers to take part in research with an innovative ethical approach

Making food systems work for people and planet
IIED has launched an interactive publication that shows how to rethink food systems for environmental and social gain

Business and Sustainable Development
Project pages have been extensively revised and updated with details of our recent work.

Community Forest Management for Whom? Learning from field experience in Vietnam
What makes community forest management (CFM) work for forests and livelihoods? And how can policy help?

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IIED seeks to make the world a fairer and more sustainable place, in alliance with like-minded partners. Acting a catalyst, broker and facilitator, we seek to add voice to poorer and more vulnerable groups to ensure their interests are heard in decision-making, and can bring about progressive change. At this time of major global change and uncertainty, IIED and partners have a duty to stress the importance of sustainable development and the principles on which it is built as lying at the heart of all hopes for a secure future for our world.

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