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A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… benefits that result from that access. A recent review carried out by IIED and partners has shown that community protocols are not just about indigenous rights: they can also strengthen biodiversity … them ‘on the map’ and become a source of information for young people about their traditional values. However, in the current struggle for …
Insight, 02 October 2012
Community-Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA)
… international group of experts working on adaptation coordinated by IIED.  The partners decided to adopt a 'learning­ by ­doing' approach to … targets groups most vulnerable to climate change. Participatory video IIED worked with InsightShare to pilot the use of participatory video … advice and support to this project. IIED also published a photostory about the workshops held in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe.  …
Project, 08 September 2010
A local blackout in Dar Es Salaam. Power outages in Tanzania's capital are often caused by old cables and transformers (Photo: jay grandin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Improving Tanzania’s power quality: can data help?
… Survey (PDF)  showed that power outages in Tanzania cost businesses about 15% of annual sales. In contrast, a more reliable electricity … Granular data may shed some light. In Dar es Salaam, the Hivos/IIED Energy Change Lab is piloting the  Electricity Supply and … being used by multiple stakeholders and is forcing political debate about supply quality to be based on evidence, rather than just polemic …
Insight, 29 June 2018
Stands of giant bamboo, in what was once degraded cattle pasture, are ready to be loaded onto trucks (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Bamboozled by bamboo?
… as a positive opportunity, the toolkit opens up space to talk about challenges and plan how to address them by taking seven intuitive … of sustainable development.  Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . Further resources Find out more about the work of the Forest Connect alliance on Facebook Forest Connect …
Insight, 09 December 2016
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
… At this year’s meeting I was a panellist for a side event run by IIED, the Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF) and the Green Belt … experimenting with, as they get ‘REDD+ ready’. Our event heard about various approaches including: paying 80% of the REDD+ ‘carbon sale … Invest in long term sustainable enterprises My role was to talk about ways to involve the private sector in REDD+ activities. After our …
Insight, 13 December 2012
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Co-production: taking stock of achievements and possibilities
… intersectionality. Together, these papers show that co-production is about the daily work of service provision, but also about the larger work of cultivating relationships and empowering …
Publication, 01 October 2018
Two women sated at a table; one is writing while the other looks out to an audience and raises her arm to receive questions.
2012 Barbara Ward Lecture: Christiana Figueres calls for an "energy revolution"
… the introduction of democracy in that country. In her speech at the IIED event, Figueres called for a different type of revolution: an … was still a problem. She said what was needed was innovative thinking about long-term financing. It was clear that there was not enough money …
Event, 09 March 2012
Political leaders, experts and civil society representatives from the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)
What do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21?
… the Paris climate talks (COP21) is crucial. Ahead of COP21 in Paris, IIED's LDC Independent Expert Group (IEG)  has commissioned a series of … and civil society representatives in nine of these countries to hear about the situation they face, and their hopes for a Paris deal. The … Negash Teklu , from Population, Health, Environment Ethiopia, talks about Ethiopia's ambitions for a zero carbon economy by 2025, …
News, 25 November 2015
The new Guardians of Diversity film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
… The visit enabled the farming communities to exchange ideas about maintaining biodiversity, adapting to climate change and managing … from Cusco. It shows the farmers discussing their shared concerns about increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Mountains are among … Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia from 12-19 November 2014, where IIED's Natural Resources Group and partners will be participating in a …
News, 10 November 2014
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Contribution by the International Institute for Environment and Development and its partners to the UK International Development Committee's inquiry on Migration and Development November 2003
… Committee's inquiry on Migration and Development November 2003 About IIED The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent, non-profit policy research institute working to …
Publication, 01 November 2003