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Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… climate resilience to survive. Together, these men, women and young people represent over 16% of the global population: their resilience has … climate change adaptation. In this episode, Elizabeth Nsimdala and Duncan MacQueen, an IIED expert on locally controlled forestry, explore … forest-linked investment , James Mayers, Lila Buckley, Duncan J Macqueen (2016), Issue paper   Contributors …
Article, 13 September 2021
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
Article, 12 March 2019
Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)
Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
… work will place particular emphasis on gender equality, indigenous people's rights and youth engagement.  IIED will lead efforts to … (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes , Duncan Macqueen, Anna Bolin (2018), IIED Research Report ForBInc: forest …
News, 20 July 2018
The road from Lomié in Southeast Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Cameroon's real indomitable lions are in the forest
… domes.  For more than 20 years, a range of NGOs friendly to the Baka people have helped them fight for their land rights. Many communities … towards their goal: better livelihoods and more sustainable forests. Duncan Macqueen  ( duncan.macqueen@iied.org ) is principal researcher in  … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 20 March 2017
A woman farmer bends over in a field of crops in front of forest in the background.
Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together
… forests while also enhancing the prosperity of forest-dependent people? Indigenous People, forest communities and forest and farm … '. Alternatively, watch a presentation by IIED principal researcher Duncan Macqueen on organisational innovations that make community forestry … Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together …
Article, 04 January 2022
Forest farmer representatives from eight Southeast Asian countries exchange experiences with one of the branches of Tree Bank Foundation in Central Thailand (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
In the king's wake
… October 2016 . Among the many things for which he was adored by his people was commitment to a ' self-sufficiency economy '. This involved … scale – a fitting tribute to the king whose words inspired a people. Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 20 December 2016
Stands of giant bamboo, in what was once degraded cattle pasture, are ready to be loaded onto trucks (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Bamboozled by bamboo?
… buy-in to the concept and practice of sustainable development.  Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's … members from 94 countries). It is co-managed by IIED, The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the FAO-hosted Forest and Farm Facility, … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 09 December 2016
Mr Yi, the manager of the processing facility, instructs some of the Mozambican workforce of Mr Forest Ltd (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
A Chinese passion: adding value to Mozambique's timber exports
Insight, 10 April 2017
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
Insight, 28 July 2017
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… around 70 per cent of the population live off the land and 17 million people are classified as 'forest dependent'.  Putting communities in … emerging due to a growing strength in numbers of FFPOs themselves.  Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 05 December 2017