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Pastoralists discuss strengths and challenges of governance at a conservancy in Kenya. (Photo: Francesca Booker/IIED)

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Assessing governance at protected and conserved areas

People from villagers of Wakesi village, Nyanza Province, Kenya walk down a dirt road (Photo: Robin Wyatt)

Article

Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future

A traditional farmer in the Eastern Himalaya where indigenous communities use seed networks to protect their knowledge. Research should not publish details of traditional knowledge that could be used commercially without equitable benefit-sharing (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)

Blog

Striving for the highest standards in research ethics

From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)

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Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development

A water connection project built to link the Lobé river to the Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon (Photo: Thierry Berger)

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LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon

IIED's three-and-a-half minute film to communicate the ambitions and universal reach of the SDGs had been viewed almost 20,000 times by February 2017 (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

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IIED's work on the post-2015 agenda

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Equity and benefit sharing from marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction

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Les pratiques endogènes de protection des enfants concernés par la mobilité — le contexte d’urgence à Gao et Tombouctou au Mali

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Governance, equity and the greenlist

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Understanding and assessing equity in protected area conservation: a matter of governance, rights, social impacts and human wellbeing

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China in Africa – exploring investment in the forests

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China in Africa – exploring investment in the forests (Chinese version)

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IIED’s evidence-based knowledge products are peer reviewed to ensure consistent quality standards (Photo: Chris Brody)

Peer review – rigorous, accountable and documented

Page, May 2018

The small town of Ancon in Peru is home to more than 400 small-scale fishers. Small-scale fisheries account for 80 percent of the country’s seafood consumption. (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Moving towards an inclusive blue economy

Project, May 2018

In 2008 the captain of this deep-sea fishing trawler was convicted of illegal fishing and providing misleading information about catches (Photo: Bernard Spragg.NZ, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Helping the LDCs negotiate the high seas

Project, May 2018

Farmers in Nepal. Nepal has introduced a range of strategies and policies to tackle climate change. (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Author Q&A: Trends in climate change legislation

Article, May 2018

Cover of the Trends in Climate Change Legislation book, depicting a set of scales

Book summary: Trends in Climate Change Legislation

Article, May 2018

Pastoralists discuss strengths and challenges of governance at a conservancy in Kenya. (Photo: Francesca Booker/IIED)

Assessing governance at protected and conserved areas

Project, Apr 2018

Women from around Lake Mburo National Park participate in a focus group discussion as part of a multi-stakeholder governance assessment. (Photo: Francesca Booker/ IIED)

Understanding governance and equity in conservation

Blog, Apr 2018

Cecilia Silva and Carla Silva Pompilio from Angola, browsing through ‘Becoming a UNFCCC delegate’, Marrakech, November 2017 (Photo: Janna Tenzing/IIED)

Building the capacity of LDCs to engage in the UNFCCC negotiations

Project, Mar 2018

UNFCCC negotiations session, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo Janna Tenzing/IIED)

Facilitating greater representation of LDCs in the UNFCCC process

Project, Mar 2018

In Tanzania, former artisanal mining licensees Mwanahamisi Mzalendo and Mwanamkasi Rasi are among entreprenurial women who have pooled their resources to create a quarrying business. They control the day-to-day running of the quarry, including supervising labourers, dealing with the local authorities, and taking care of the site's environmental footprint (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)

Q&A: Women are driving the change we need

Article, Mar 2018

A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)

Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?

Article, Feb 2018

People from villagers of Wakesi village, Nyanza Province, Kenya walk down a dirt road (Photo: Robin Wyatt)

Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future

Article, Jun 2017