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The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
… I will be on the panel at the World Leader's Dialogue talking about how we build a fairer, more sustainable food system that works with the grain of natural systems and assures access for all. IIED researchers are also taking part in two other workshops at the … the world, makes it a better option than staying away. Find out more about the workshops that we will be running at the IUCN World …
Insight, 06 September 2012
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Land in Africa: Market Asset, or Secure Livelihood?
… Africa Overview paper Prepared by Julian Quan, NRI & Camilla Toulmin, IIED for Session One: Formalising and Securing Land Rights: diverse … of this paper is to provide a framework to revisit the arguments about how to provide land rights security in sub-Saharan Africa, to …
Publication, 01 November 2004
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Food consumption, urbanisation and rural transformation: the trade dimensions
… Growing urban demand for food – which now constitutes about 60–70 per cent of food consumption in Asia and more than half in …
Publication, 01 May 2016
The Mercato in Addis Ababa is Africa's largest market. This month there was another major gathering in Addis Ababa as thousands of politicians, policymakers and civil society leaders came together for the third Financing for Development summit (Photo: alvise forcellini, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why universality is a taxing agenda…
… the myriad side events, and a welcome chance to see at first hand IIED's work to support Ethiopia's climate-resilient green economy … from the last FFD conference at Monterrey which was much more about transferring resources from rich to poor countries.   This shift … ambitious global climate deal we need. Andrew Norton (andrew.norton@iied.org) is director of IIED. …
Insight, 20 July 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has helped the UK provide global leadership on addressing climate change. But he has decided to resign after the European Union referendum vote, and there are fears that the UK will become more insular (Photo: Russell Watkins/DFID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten ways the UK can maintain international leadership on climate change
Insight, 01 July 2016
Protestors march during UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
People power critical for tackling climate change
Insight, 26 November 2012
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… The 20-page report includes a 35-point summary of the lessons learned about the role of indigenous peoples and local communities, and ways of … to contain wildlife crime effectively," said Dilys Roe, leader of IIED's biodiversity team.   The workshop presentations showed a range of … SULi  and Regional Programme for West and Central Africa (IUCN PACO), IIED, TRAFFIC – the wildlife trade monitoring network , and the Network …
News, 03 August 2016
Less erosion, less warming
… discuss the potential for mitigation in the agricultural sector under IIED’s work on the economics of climate change in the agricultural … reductions targets, i.e. developing countries, to do very much about it. One solution to this is to pay developing countries to reduce … phenomenon for climate change mitigation. Trees are made of carbon ( about 45 per cent of their dry mass is carbon ) and more trees means …
Insight, 11 November 2010
Global network to help African farmers navigate globalised markets
… network aims to help smallholders to make informed, effective choices about how to position themselves in an increasingly complex global … by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in the UK and the Humanist Institute for Cooperation (Hivos) in …
News, 02 December 2009
A maize farmer near Alauca, Honduras, takes a break from digging irrigation channels. Climate change in the form of higher temperatures and less rain is expected to have a big impact on Central American crops and farmers, and decision-makers need information on climate change adaptation (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Creative Commons)
Will divisions in the board delay the Green Climate Fund?
Insight, 18 November 2014