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The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience
Insight, 19 February 2015
Captain Benjamin Kalimutima Lulimba finds the skull of an elephant recently killed by poachers who ripped out its tusks. Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photo: Matchbox Media Collective)
How best to deal with wildlife crime while protecting the poor?
… it is critical that the needs of people don't get lost in discussions about the needs of animals. Growing concern Wildlife crime – and … to their livelihoods.  Commentators have also expressed concern about the increasing militarisation of conservation and other … as architects of the illegal trade?   A new project implemented by IIED, Imperial College Conservation Science , the Wildlife Conservation …
Insight, 01 August 2014
Negotiators on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership discuss the treaty in Brussels in May 2015 (Photo: European Parliament, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Investment treaties and citizens' power: lessons from experience
… treaty regime is starting to emerge. There is also some uncertainty about future directions in treaty making. Several states have terminated … shaping the future of international investment law. But while debates about investment treaties are often framed in technical and legal terms, … of international investment law. Lorenzo Cotula (lorenzo.cotula@iied.org) is principal researcher (law and sustainable development) in …
Insight, 07 September 2015
US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
Insight, 20 April 2021
A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
… disagreement and low levels of trust abound in the ASM sector. At IIED, we believe that one of the antidotes to this troubling situation … sorely lacks accurate and reliable information. This includes data about geology, land availability, licensing, access to finance and good … and local employment figures is not generally part of narratives about the sector. In many cases, the information is not readily …
Insight, 17 October 2017
A young rice farmer at Sélingué, Mali. A new report urges governments and development agencies to develop context-specific strategies and support systems for agricultural advisory services that meet the needs of local farmers (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
Growing rice needs more than soil and water
… just "hardware" such as water, land, seed and fertiliser. Knowledge (about technologies and markets) and relationships (with suppliers and … can share learning with each other and make an informed choice about the production methods that work best for them, they need more … all the risks associated with this.  Barbara Adolph (barbara.adolph@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research …
Insight, 30 September 2016
Bloggers: Have you joined a virtuous circle yet?
… themselves.” That’s what one blogger Jeff Kelly Lowenstein has said about IIED’s new book Virtuous Circles: Values, systems and sustainability by … me with a link to your blog . We will profile the best posts on our IIED blog , citing your name and linking to your blog and will promote …
Insight, 07 December 2011
A herder with his livestock in Isiolo County, Kenya (Photo: Dorine Odongo/ILRI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Kenya
… change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and … Orindi, National Coordinator of the ADA Consortium explains more about this work in the video below: … in Isiolo County has been supporting a multitude of EbA initiatives. IIED and ADA have been exploring two funding models used here - one …
Project, 14 June 2018
A small-scale mine in Mawemeru village, Geita district, Tanzania (Photo: copyright Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
A mine of information
… Not enough is known or understood about artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), but there are some useful resources available. As IIED prepares to launch its Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Series on … large-scale mining sector (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale miners. IIED's first multi-stakeholder dialogue on ASM, LSM and government …
Insight, 20 April 2015
Identifying social impacts at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya
Assessing social impacts of protected and conserved areas (SAPA)
… page explores SAPA in more detail. Background There has been debate about the positive and negative social impacts – ‘benefits and costs’ – … the assessment of benefits and costs of PAs (activity 2.1). What is IIED doing? Responding to this need, IIED developed SAPA. Its first … using SAPA, to get technical guidance on using SAPA, and to find out about regional experts in your area. We’d love to hear from you. Email …
Project, 16 August 2013