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The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)

'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese

A film documenting an international meeting of indigenous farmers in Peru's Potato Park to discuss adaptation to climate change is now available in Spanish and Chinese

16 February 2015NewsBiodiversity, Communication, Natural resource management
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)

2014: the International Year of Family Farming

See how IIED's work during the International Year of Family Farming helped to raise the profile of family and smallholder farming and its contribution to eradicating hunger, reducing rural poverty and more
22 April 2014ArticleFood and agriculture, Natural resource management
Central Malawi: Belia Sikelo farms groundnuts using 'conservation agriculture', a set of practices including no-till farming, designed improve soil structure and help resist erosion. (Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT)

2015: the International Year of Soils

The UN has formally launched 2015 as the International Year of Soils. Much of IIED's work involves soils, including our work on agroecology, food and agriculture, biodiversity, adaptation to climate change, and drylands

9 April 2015ArticleDrylands and pastoralism, Food and agriculture, Natural resource management
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

Mozambique wants to encourage a timber industry that creates jobs and adds value: Duncan Macqueen visited one Chinese company keen to do just that and saw how an IIED-led project is providing support

10 April 2017 BlogForests, Natural resource management

A Critique of Work: Between ecology and socialism

This essay identifies the structural changes needed to enable widespread democratic participation and sustainable development.

February 2005PublicationNatural resource management

A Global Look to the Local: Replacing globalisation with democratic localisation

Using food systems as an example, this discussion paper identifies forms of economic organisation that might best support the institutionalisation of participation and people-centered processes in environment and development.

January 2004PublicationNatural resource management

A Systematic Review of Drivers and Constraints on Agricultural Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Understanding the dynamics of agricultural expansion, their drivers, and interactions is critical for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem-services provision, and the future sustainability of agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Afric

March 2021PublicationFood and agriculture, Natural resource management
A group of villagers

A tale of two villages: community perspectives on the impact of Botswana’s trophy hunting ban

How does a trophy hunting ban affect people who live alongside wildlife? Helen Muller reports on her conversations with local people in Botswana
24 January 2020 BlogBiodiversity, Natural resource management

Access to Environmental Information: How can better practice be achieved in the Latin American Context?

Traditionally, in Latin American countries, environmental management policy has been drawn up and implemented in a highly centralised manner, without the involvement of civil society.

September 2002PublicationNatural resource management
Fishermen hauling in a net

Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean

As the interest in accounting for ocean economies grows, we need to ensure vulnerable small-scale fishers and communities do not continue to be left behind
5 August 2019ProjectFisheries, Natural resource management, Water

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