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Participants at the third China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform meeting in Beijing (Photo: Simon Lim/IIED)
China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform puts focus on business solutions
… The third learning event of the China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform  brought together more than 100 … and the world This is an overview presentation by Gaster Kawuubye, team leader at Tree Talk Plus , Uganda.   African forests: urgent issues … Conservation and Sustainable Development (DRC); and Nathan Mununuzi, senior environmental officer, Ministry of Water and Environment …
News, 14 February 2017
Screengrab of a map of indigenous peoples’ territories in the Peruvian Amazon (Image: IBC Peru)
Creating a global 'land rights family': from knowledge to action
… rights. To avoid replicating the classic 'talk-shop' format, Namati's senior advisor Rachael Knight dreamt up an event based on democratic … finding that in the Amazon, "[community land] titling reduces [forest] clearing by more than three-quarters and forest disturbance by … Brendan Schwartz  ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . The five …
Insight, 14 March 2018
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… and traditional knowledge. Krystyna Swiderska and Dilys Roe, both Senior Researcher with IIED’s Natural Resources Group  are taking part in the … team is running the workshop in collaboration with the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme and the African Wildlife Foundation. Date: …
Event, 16 August 2012
Tom Pye helped redesign the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) newsletter, a monthly bulletin for people working on biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation (Image: PCLG)
A valuable learning experience
… the future. Opening my eyes I have also taken the chance to talk to senior staff to learn more about the organisation and its history and to … first day in the office I felt welcomed as a valuable member of the team and, most importantly, trusted to make a contribution to the …
Insight, 19 April 2016
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… would exploit these assets for their own gain," said Roland Melisch, senior director for Africa and Europe at TRAFFIC .  The meeting also … crime effectively," said Dilys Roe, leader of IIED's biodiversity team.   The workshop presentations showed a range of strategies and … initiative in Mali where elephants are being protected by youth-led forest brigades (PDF) . The project is recruiting young men into forest …
News, 03 August 2016
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
… IIED colleagues are held. This is especially true of our very own senior fellow Saleemul Huq , who hasn't missed a single COP, and set up … events. This year we had 20 events in Lima , from REDD+, equity and forest governance, to indigenous peoples' knowledge in building … Goals (SDGs). I joined Achala Abeysinghe , IIED's principal researcher in the climate change group, and her team for breakfast with …
Insight, 11 December 2014
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… by Tracy Kajumba "Michelle was my supervisor when I worked as a senior regional advisor for climate change and development with Ireland … future". Bharati Pathak Chairperson of the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN)  – nominated by Anna Bolin . "My nomination … NGO that works on sustainable approaches for food security. The team there works through food policy, education, and through urban …
Article, 15 June 2020
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… DRR thematic lead, Practical Action Nepal; Aditya Bahadur, principal researcher, IIED; Ha Thi Quynh, policy advocacy and public relations, … Time: 10-10.55am (GMT) Organised by: IIED  Speakers:  Joanna Elliott, senior conservation director, cross-cutting programmes, Fauna & Flora … National Biodiversity Institute; Vu Ley Y Voan, senior advisor, Forest and Farm Facility, Viet Nam Farmers’ Union The world is facing …
Event, 02 December 2020
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… on research on adaptation strategies. Prior to this she worked as a senior energy planner with the United Nations Environment Programme in … Dr Mariteuw Chimere Diaw is the director general of the African Model Forest Network (AMFN) and a member of the International Networking … philosophy and sociology from the University of Dakar. He has been a researcher and programs manager for 35 years, 20 of which as …
Article, 03 August 2015
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… household survival in the Sahel . In a world where there were few senior women, I thought it was really important to get a doctorate as a … Lane, Ian Scoones and Richard Moorehead were key members of the team. We also engaged with the desertification debate, and helped shape … of the best things I did was to hire Lorenzo Cotula , who with his team has taken forward this work to great success.  In my time as …
Insight, 22 June 2015