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Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
Insight, 19 March 2015
Sheep grazing dry season pastures in Mopti, Mali (Photo: Near East Foundation)
Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal
Project, 19 March 2015
ON AIR: a local farmer joins a broadcaster in the studio of KRC.FM (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori
Insight, 19 March 2015
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
Event, 16 March 2015
Jakarta: migrants from rural villages sleeping in an area that they rent for Rp 1.000,- (10 cents Euro) per night per person. There can be more than 50 people living and sleeping in this area at one time (Photo: Henry Ismail, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Stopping rural people going to cities only makes poverty less visible, and stripping migrants of rights makes it worse
Insight, 18 March 2015
The rice fields on outskirts of the city of Bandung, Java, Indonesia: urban areas often have damaging impacts on the areas around them (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New publication looks at environmental impacts of urban areas
News, 16 March 2015
The Participatory Learning and Action journal (Image: IIED)
Assessing Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
Article, 13 March 2015
A community planning workshop in Cambodia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Improving housing in Asia – and turning traditional top-down funding on its head
Insight, 11 March 2015
Ruth Nguli looks at her crop of drought-tolerant beans in Makueni County, Kenya. Developing and sharing climate-smart farming techniques can help communities adapt to climate changes (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How do we measure adaptation?
Insight, 11 March 2015
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015