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Participants at the meeting establish how their NGO works with communities in DRC (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
… biodiversity. Helping close the distance Recognising these concerns, IIED's biodiversity team has worked over the past year to understand … of these challenges. PCLG is an international network, coordinated by IIED, for promoting dialogue and fostering learning on the links between … chapter could undertake, in both the short and longer term, to bring about the changes needed at a local and national level to improve …
Insight, 24 August 2014
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
… change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and … area: [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-iAzfRUx6o&t=142s] IIED and IUCN have used the EbA Evidence and Policy project's  framework … and Action Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we shared information about the project’s framework for assessing EbA effectiveness and the …
Project, 26 June 2018
Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
… conditions for Elephant Foot Yam. Compared to an income per acre of about US$ 215-320 for maize, the income per acre from Elephant Foot Yam … finance to buy seeds or small tubers, a lack of technical assistance about optimal planting practice, and a lack of business organisation to … approach that addresses these constraints with the support of IIED through the Pyoe Pin programme. The broader advantage of Elephant …
Insight, 17 May 2013
A six-minute film recorded in the Mathare settlement, Narobi, in late April 2015 shows some of the main challenges faced by food vendors living and working inside low-income informal settlements (Image: Paolo Cravero/IIED)
Informal food vendors: urban food security's invisible experts
… Trust, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and University College London's Development Planning Unit  –  set … that involve people from informal settlements in conversations about urban food security are as logical as they are infrequent.  Yet a … inclusive, equitable urban policies.  Paolo Cravero (paolo.cravero@iied.org) is a researcher looking at research and outreach on …
Insight, 24 June 2015
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
Insight, 31 May 2019
The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City (Image: Gerald Paragas and Amillah Rodil)
New film tracks city's recovery from deadly typhoon
… local government officials and humanitarian agency representatives about the challenges faced and lessons learnt in the immediate response … developing new tools, and learning from experiences in other fields.  IIED recently issued a call for proposals for the third round of funding …
News, 07 July 2016
A family in Dadaab gathers sticks and branches for firewood and to make a shelter, while carcasses of animals that have perished in the drought are strewn across the desert (Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam via Wikipedia Commons)
Urgent action needed says leader of the Least Developed Countries Group
News, 04 June 2014
People gathering branches
Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
Insight, 12 December 2019
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
… for loss and damage from global warming caused by others.   And what about the UK? Will the exceptionally wet weather over the last 9 months … as Secretary of State indicates he might be getting more serious about climate change . In a strong speech before the Rio+20 summit , … most vulnerable to climate change was outlined by Saleemul Huq, IIED’s Senior Fellow with the climate change group : it was agreed to …
Insight, 07 January 2013
Three gorillas sit in grass in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda project to strengthen policies that link poverty and conservation
… by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The project will use Bwindi Impenetrable National Park as a case … Learning Group. "This way we can make more informed recommendations about challenges such as crop raiding by wild animals, illegal resource … conservation and poverty reduction," says Andrew Gordon-Maclean of IIED. "Uganda is one of only two countries to have a national level PCLG …
News, 09 October 2012