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Men present findings on a large map at the front of a community meeting

Blog

How can we incorporate local knowledge into climate planning and policy? …Maps!

A woman stands with her goats in a dryland area in Niger (Photo: Stephen Anderson)

Article

Introduction to Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity

A pastoral women in Ethiopia

Blog

Beyond survival – rethinking safety nets for pastoralists in Ethiopia

Water is conserved at a devolved climate finance project site in Zanzibar

Project

Responding to climate change in Tanzania by strengthening dryland governance and planning

Sheep grazing dry season pastures in Mopti, Mali (Photo: Near East Foundation)

Project

Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal

A sunset in rural Mali: a new day is dawning towards securing the land rights of rural communities (Photo: Kurt Paterson, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Article

Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land

Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity

How IIED is building capacity to act on the implications of climate change for equitable and climate resilient development in the drylands More in this collection

Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)

Dlonguebougou, is a village of 1,500 people in the commune of N'Koumandougou, on the northern edge in central Mali (Image: Google Maps)

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Long-term change in the Malian Sahel: portrait of Dlonguebougou village

The growing economic centre of Merti town on the Ewaso Ng’iro river, arid lands of Kenya (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu)

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Drylands: volatile, vibrant and under-valued?

Latest publications

Local institutions: resilient in the face of change?

Farmer-herder conflict in Africa: rethinking the phenomenon?

Résilience institutionnelle face au changement

Conflit entre agriculteurs et éleveurs en Afrique : repenser le phénomène ?

Sécurisation du foncier pastoral en Afrique de l’Ouest : Des modèles divers et riches d’enseignements

Going local: fast tracking climate finance to the most vulnerable

We have 67 items under Drylands and pastoralism

A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.

Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice

Case study, Dec 2020

A herd of goats.

Farmer-herder conflict: open your eyes, change the narrative, find solutions

Blog, Nov 2020

A woman farmer holds a phone to her ear in a green field.

Q&A: Using digital technology to engage citizens in climate action

Interview, Oct 2020

Remembering Mary Tiffen, a drylands pioneer

Article, Jun 2020

Two women draw water from a well

Land, investment and migration: a portrait of village life in Mali

Webinar, Jun 2020

Book summary: Land, investment and migration: thirty-five years of village life in Mali

Article, Mar 2020

Camilla Toulmin holding her new book

Climate change, conflict, migration, and land grabs: 35 years of village life in Mali

Blog, Mar 2020

Men present findings on a large map at the front of a community meeting

How can we incorporate local knowledge into climate planning and policy? …Maps!

Blog, Jan 2020

A pastoral women in Ethiopia

Beyond survival – rethinking safety nets for pastoralists in Ethiopia

Blog, Oct 2018

Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)

Project, Jul 2018

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs

Article, May 2018

Water is conserved at a devolved climate finance project site in Zanzibar

Responding to climate change in Tanzania by strengthening dryland governance and planning

Project, Mar 2018