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Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… the heart of development in all districts and sectors. November 2016 IIED, UNEP-WCMC and the Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat … city level, building on the previous work with ICLEI. You can read about the project in  this story of change . In Zambia, project members … At the Harare workshop in November 2015 there was much conversation about how many efforts to integrate biodiversity into development plans …
Article, 21 March 2014
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Why communities are key to protecting Congo Basin forests
… organisations and communities have challenged negative perceptions about community forestry, demonstrating how it can help preserve …
Publication, 01 August 2019
Participants in the gender and environmental change workshop discuss REDD+ (Photo: Lucile Robinson/IIED)
Making gender equality a global and local reality
Insight, 21 May 2014
Manganese mining in Gabon (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)
… all the material previously available from the former website www.iied.org/mmsd. All project documents, including the MMSD Working paper … contributions to economic and social development, concerns about aspects of its performance prevail. Mining, refining, and the use … development. Researchers noted that the study raised many questions about how well the mining industry has put sustainable development …
Project, 03 March 2009
A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Nourishing diversity in our food systems
… innovative solutions acceptable to all parties. Dutch NGO Hivos and IIED have been working with local partners to convene Food Change Labs … towards more diverse food systems As a result of our work, Hivos and IIED have identified five steps that can help to promote diversity in … in IIED's Natural Resources research group . Cook will be talking about diversity from farm to fork and presenting a policy briefing at …
Insight, 10 October 2017
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… large-scale farms, fishermen, herders or local industries. IIED's work has addressed water governance in West Africa in two ways: … Africa programme was delivered in partnership with the IUCN. Read about the Global Water Initiative's work to improve development outcomes … of the Kandadji Dam in Niger . Download the report . Find out more about the Global Water Initiative's research on five ways to share the …
Project, 05 August 2013
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Gender sensitive social protection in the face of climate risk. A study in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, India
Publication, 07 October 2021
Annual report 2009/10
… IIED Annual Report 2009/10: Doorway to a green economy Download the 2009/10 Annual Report from IIED's Publications Library This year, IIED joined with development and … profile series allowed these groups to send important messages about how international funding and frameworks could better support …
Page, 21 October 2010
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How to boost investment in locally controlled forestry in Mexico
… depend. This makes it very relevant in Mexico, where forests cover about 31.5 per cent of the land and where communities own half of all … peoples' claims to their land. These systems, of which there are about 30,000, comprise Mexico’s basic decision making unit about issues … published by Growing Forest Partnerships in association with FAO, IIED, IUCN, The Forests Dialogue and World Bank. Download the Spanish …
Insight, 01 October 2013
Communities and municipal authorities are working more closely together to improve Zimbabwe's low-income neighbourhoods (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Co-learning for inclusive cities
… participated in the meeting. What followed were frank discussions about the challenges involved in improving informal settlements. In … to secure improvements. Epworth's Housing Officer Mr Muranduri spoke about the need to work with existing residents to manage the increase in … We have been re-taught". Diana Mitlin is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group ( diana.mitlin@iied.org ).  …
Insight, 09 April 2014