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This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… such processes driven by external organisations and priorities. What about involving forest and farm producers on their own terms? Forest and … and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) . The FFF has now established a credible approach to channelling … to those who matter. Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( Duncan.macqueen@iied.org ). …
Insight, 24 March 2014
Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)
Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems
Article, 05 August 2013
Forests image
New roadmap for boosting small-scale and family forest producers
… FAO, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)   –  … forests   –  together," said Duncan Macqueen, principal researcher of IIED. "As a group, smallholders and community and Indigenous Peoples … major role in global trade, and yet are often overlooked when we talk about the role of the private sector in forest landscape management and …
News, 30 June 2014
Cebu, Phillipines
6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
… the Mayor of Iloilo in the Philippines (Jed Patrick Mabilog) talked about the importance of his government’s partnership with the … Federation. Ernest Sonnenberg from the government of Cape Town talked about how they are supporting community-based slum upgrading, and this … community-driven enumeration and mapping based on the latest issue of IIED’s journal, Environment and Urbanization . This included …
Insight, 07 September 2012
The Enhancing Equity workshop in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park brought together government officials, local residents and conservationists (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Enhancing equity and fairness
… answers, including how different partners have different views about what equity means to them, and how they would make the sharing of … that conservation is unfair, which only fuels more resentment about the national park. "The gorillas are our oil.  If the gorillas … from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) pointed out that "there is no right or wrong understanding of …
Insight, 23 February 2015
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
… and biodiversity COPs, what are your main messages to decision-makers about involving forest and farm producers in finding solutions to these … AFA receives funding from the Forest and Farm Facility – for which IIED is working with forest and farm organisations to share best …
Article, 03 June 2021
A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.
The case for sewers
… live in homes connected to sewers. There is also little complaint about having a sewer connection from urban populations in high-income … This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of …
Insight, 19 November 2021
A field of bare earth covered with rows of dried stalks.
Climate, health and urban informal economies – stories of need and change
… contribute over 50% of GDP. In Zimbabwe, informal work contributes about 60% of GDP (PDF) . These workers are already marginalised, often … policy responded to their needs. This case study is part of work by IIED and partners exploring responses to occupational, environmental and … health and livelihood risks. This case study draws on research by IIED’s partners Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) in India and in …
Article, 07 June 2022
Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
… cane. “Sugar cane did nothing for us,” says Busisiwe when I ask her about life before the tree-planting project began. “It was for them … the next 20 years, they will absorb 48,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide — about the same amount produced by 25,000 passengers flying from Northern … “People did not believe,” says Ningi. “Now they do.” Mike Shanahan is IIED's press officer. This was first posted on his personal blog. …
Insight, 08 December 2011
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Régime foncier communautaire. La nouvelle loi sur le foncier villageois de 1999 en Tanzanie Questions et réponses
… into effect in May 2001. It includes a list of questions and answers about the new law, which were originally for Tanzanian District Councils …
Publication, 01 January 2003