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The hidden byway to recovery?
… what can developing countries learn from this behaviour to bring about sustainable development? A recent report from the Commonwealth Foundation , authored by IIED ’s Steve Bass and Tighe Geoghegan , indicates two areas of focus that are essential to bring about sustainable development in developing countries of the …
Insight, 20 January 2010
Images of the UK and EU flags, IIED director Andrew Norton says: "Losing membership of the European Union must not mean that the UK withdraws from the great global challenges of our time" (Photo: Reuters, via Google Licence)
Navigating uncharted waters: the EU referendum, the spirit of Paris, and the SDGs
Insight, 27 June 2016
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
… of the world’s half-billion Indigenous Peoples, who manage about a quarter of the world’s land. Yet only four out of 21 of the … of protected areas. Living in harmony with nature New research by IIED and partners working with Indigenous Peoples in Peru , Kenya , …
Insight, 16 August 2021
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
Insight, 06 August 2014
A food vendor is surrounded by people in a busy street
The two faces of Bandung’s street food: recreation and reliance
… These ongoing tensions are stirred up by regular reports in the press about congestion and litter. By October 2018, the head of the city’s … a team from Bandung’s Padjadjaran University, in collaboration with IIED and Hivos as part of the Sustainable Diets for All programme, has raised some important questions about whether policymakers have overlooked the central role that street …
Insight, 07 August 2019
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Security Of Tenure In Urban Africa: Where Are We, And Where Do We Go From Here
… ADDRESS AT THE ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY, NATURAL RESOUCES INSTITUTE (IIED) SEMINAR ON THE 8-9 NOVEMBER 2004. 1 Distinguished participants, … the next 30 years, the global number of slum dwellers will double to about 2 billion. There is growing concern about slums, as clearly stated in the year 2000 United Nations …
Publication, 01 November 2004
Oxen plough teams bring bigger fields and easier farmwork (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)
Notes from the field – Dlonguebougou, Mali
… There are three things that I find particularly remarkable about the changes to this and to neighbouring villages: first, the … lands adapt to these growing land pressures?  I could say more about rainfall, migration, land rights, religion or decentralisation. … and will write up in my next blog. Camilla Toulmin ( Camilla.toulmin@iied.org ) is a senior fellow at IIED, a fellow of the Open Society …
Insight, 11 April 2017
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal. Photo: WOCAN
Gender and REDD+
… comes to sharing the benefits of climate investment finance. What did IIED do? REDD+ readiness plans should not only avoid harming women and … harness their strengths.  Read this briefing for more information. IIED worked with partners in Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania and Vietnam to … environmental services to support REDD+ negotiation. Find out more about IIED’s gender-related work. …
Project, 12 September 2013
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster … heritage territories A change in perspective is needed. In 2005, IIED and its partners developed a definition of biocultural heritage in … Asociación ANDES ) The Potato Park has tripled potato diversity to about 650 native varieties, through the revival of Quechua culture and …
Insight, 18 February 2020
The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, Kunzang Choden Namgyel, signs the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Photo: Amanda Voisard, UN Photo)
Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan 
… live up to their commitments. Brianna Craft  ( brianna.craft@iied.org ) is a researcher with IIED's Climate Change research group . This blog draws on work carried … in-country experts Gebru Jember Endalew and Doma Tshering. To read about Ethiopia's climate diplomacy, see Gebru's work on ' Understanding …
Insight, 27 October 2016