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Althelia Ecosphere's Simon Dent speaking at Fish Night 2 (Photo: Inta Photography)
Fish Night 2 looks at finance for sustainable fisheries
… financial resources to ensure the transition.  Fish Night 2 is IIED's second annual event focused on sustainable fisheries . This … the two main presentations, plus an introduction to Fish Night 2 by IIED director Camilla Toulmin, together with an interview with IIED's … for the long-term - typically eight years. The investment level was about $10m per project. Dent said Althelia believed that there was …
Event, 04 March 2015
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… 16), but far from the norm. It is estimated that tenure of about half of rural forest and dryland areas in the developing world is … update it to make it stronger, and to communicate with citizens about progress.    Meanwhile, as Paul Mason points out in PostCapitalism … litigation. See Mayer's presentation at Yale University above or on IIED's SlideShare site . A resurgent public will for non-market values? …
Insight, 11 February 2016
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Policy learning in action: developing markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods Report of an evaluation
… and improved livelihoods - evaluation report. Working Paper No. 17 IIED has enabled country-based partners to pursue programmes at field … were involved in the project). At these sites, country partners and IIED have taken an ‘action learning approach’ to develop schemes for … and its partners with an important opportunity for real time learning about the process of developing payments for watershed services and …
Publication, 01 January 2007
Construction workers build a hotel in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Credit: Overseas Development Institute / Antony Robbins (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en_GB)
Time to hear LDC voices on Post-2015 development goals
… trade, debt and other issues. As Achala Abeysinghe writes in a recent IIED Backgrounder , these countries have formed an influential bloc at … and another that reviews what is being said by LDC stakeholders and about LDCs in the post-2015 debates. It also plans activities to support … is a consultant at Green Park Consultants GPC Ltd. Read more about IIED’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals . …
Insight, 10 December 2013
Donor nations get low scores on climate finance transparency scorecard
… Developed countries are being far from transparent about the climate-change finance they promised to developing nations at … in 2009, according to a scorecard published today (19 September) by IIED. The scorecard's authors urge international negotiators who are … areas and show that countries are not consistent in being transparent about all aspects of their funding. The scorecard's authors say the …
News, 16 September 2011
Smallholder forest-farm in Myanmar
Fairer by Far: Multi-functional mosaics for public goods
… As noted in a recent paper , there are two broad schools of thought about this. The first school, 'monotypic masses', considers the key … Fortunately, much recent understanding has developed on how to go about ‘Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry’ , including a synthesis … right-holder groups.   Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's Forest Team. This post was first published on the Landscapes Blog …
Insight, 23 August 2013
The author with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Farmers on average receive 3 per cent of a chocolate bar price and many are dependent on a single commodity for their livelihoods (Photo: Marisa Camargo)
Zero deforestation supply chains: promoting sustainable chocolate
… of sustainably managing and conserving forests resources. IIED was involved in several events and had an expedition stand … aim of this research is not only to compile and analyse information about cocoa production and challenges, but also to inspire the industry … We hope to help inform chocolate lovers, like you and me, about our important role in demanding more sustainable chocolate on the …
Insight, 16 September 2015
People walk past ruined buildings
Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
… laptops or uploaded to temporary websites and at risk of being lost. IIED has worked with partners to pull this material together, which is … recovery efforts, and they will remain relevant for years to come. IIED is holding an event, '10 years on: What Haiti taught us about urban crises and community planning' , on Thursday, 23 January …
Insight, 12 January 2020
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Socio-legal empowerment and agency of small-scale farmers in informal markets
… play in smallholder livelihoods. As a result, little is understood about how to address imbalances in informal trading relations between …
Publication, 01 December 2020
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… is clearly the love-infused path – but how on earth can we bring it about? It is that question that is vexing UN Secretary General Ban … debate would be difficult and contentious– but to kick it off, how about the following as SDGs (with indicators of progress to follow)? SDG … is of course ahead of the game. As I reported in my blog post for IIED : China's reforms of forest tenure over the past five years have …
Insight, 20 December 2013