Natural resource management news
Mining dialogue paves the way for change
5 February 2018Participants at a dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) say the event has challenged their ideas about the sector and could pave the way for change
Sustainable investment in African forest resources highlighted at China-Africa event
20 November 2017Chinese and African stakeholders met in Mozambique to discuss how to protect Africa's forest resources and ensure that Chinese investment generates benefits for local African economies
IIED publishes latest newsletter on artisanal and small-scale mining
29 October 2017IIED's latest newsletter on artisanal and small-scale mining reports on recent 'thematic' dialogues in Ghana and Tanzania, and shares stories of miners and communities in Tanzania, Ghana and Madagascar
New IIED legal tools newsletter focuses on legal empowerment
14 August 2017The latest legal tools newsletter reports on how we are helping citizens exercise their rights in relation to land-related decisions and investments
CBA field visits: deadline approaches to see community-based adaptation in action
9 May 2017As two new videos highlight the value of seeing community-based adaptation in action on the ground, register by 31 May to join this year's field visits at an international conference in Uganda
New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage
14 March 2017A new film tells stories from inhabitants of the Stone Village in China, home to 220 Naxi ethnic families and a living example of the value of conserving biocultural heritage
IUCN seeks proposals for involving indigenous communities in combating the illegal wildlife trade
23 September 2016 Call for proposals for a regional workshop to be held in Vietnam on how to engage Indigenous Peoples and local communities as active partners in protecting wildlife against the illegal wildlife tradeBiocultural heritage territories film now in Spanish
30 August 2016 A visually stunning photofilm that profiles three biocultural heritage terriritories and their role in biodiversity conservation and locally determined development is now available in Spanish. Biocultural heritage territories protect indigenous and traditional land tenure and use land management to preserve fragile ecosystems and promote locally determined patterns of developmentMountain peoples call for support to protect traditional knowledge
4 July 2016More than 50 indigenous mountain peoples representing mountain communities in China, Nepal, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Peru gathered in the Stone Village, in Yunnan, Southwest China in May 2016, to discuss the impact of climate change on their communities. At the end of their meeting they issued the Stone Village Declaration, calling for urgent support for their traditional ways of managing natural resources, and setting out eight actions for the international community
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
16 December 2015The Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved a proposal for a directive designed to ensure future water infrastructure projects respect the environment and benefit all
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
18 November 2015For those mountain communities living at the extreme edges of the world, climate change is already a very real threat. Researchers are calling for vulnerable communities to be given special consideration in the Paris negotiations next month
New network aims to connect locally controlled forest enterprises across Africa
26 October 2015The African Forest Enterprises Connect Network (AFECONET) has been set up to connect and support locally controlled forest and farm producers
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
6 October 2015 The Sustainable Development Goals have been agreed, but for mountain communities around the world this action can't come quickly enough. Climate change is already here, threatening their food security, nutrition and livelihoodsNew online database of investment contracts hailed as a "game changer"
6 October 2015 IIED principal researcher Lorenzo Cotula will celebrate the launch of the first searchable online repository of investment contracts at an event at Columbia University on WednesdayIIED to host webinar on promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
19 August 2015 Join us for a webinar on 11 September to discuss how communities groups can take action to get increased accountability in agricultural investment chainsChina-Africa forest governance strengthened with Cameroon event
19 June 2015An innovative multi-stakeholder event discussing Chinese trade and investment impacting Africa's forests will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 22-25 June
New film highlights mountain communities' climate workshop
18 May 2015The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has released a film showcasing an event where mountain communities discussed the impacts of climate change and how to respond using their biocultural heritage
ECOWAS encourages states to learn from returns on investment of large dams in West Africa
25 March 2015Government representatives and economists from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Burkina Faso to review the economic impacts of large dams
Fomi dam: catalysing land tenure reform in Guinea
3 March 2015A high-level meeting in Guinea on 4-5 March will discuss reforms governing land expropriation and compensation for smallholder farmers displaced by large public interest infrastructure projects
New website focuses on dams and family farming in West Africa
15 January 2015A website has been launched that focuses on large dams, irrigated agriculture, land tenure and family farming in West Africa: www.gwiwestafrica.org
New photofilm profiles biocultural heritage territories
11 November 2014IIED has released a new photofilm profiling indigenous biocultural heritage territories and the role they play in development, conservation and adaptation
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
10 November 2014A new 15-minute film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas about protecting biodiversity and culture as the basis for adapting to climate change