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Mogadishu attracts people from all over the country, making it the second-fastest growing city in the world, with a 4% annual rate of urbanisation growth (Photo: Baron Reznik, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The challenge of finding money to build shelter in Mogadishu’s informal settlements
… what kind of homes do all these people live in? Tana Copenhagen  and IIED are conducting a study on access to shelter for vulnerable … are to break out of the poverty cycle. Further reading Read more about Tana’s work with informal settlements in Mogadishu and Somalia: …
Insight, 28 January 2019
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… targeted towards the needs of local people. The research team, led by IIED’s partners, the Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) , … carried out with the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group about how to become an effective advocacy network. Members of the … from protecting the gorillas’ biodiverse home.  Find out more about the project . …
Insight, 26 July 2013
A group of men in felt hats and woollen capes
“Public officers are also human beings”: trust and environmental governance
… letterheads, or in the explicit arguments.  These storylines are about enormous challenges that persist for inclusive governance of … story began. Watch a video focusing on this work that appeared in IIED's 2020 annual review …
Insight, 08 July 2020
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Welcome to this issue of PLA Notes, which is slightly later than usual!
… as readers, and as practitioners in the field. read more articles about general topics from time to time. We hope that there will be … team at As a general issue, we have a broad range of articles in IIED. Laura Greenwood, who has co-ordinated, edited and PLA Notes 41. …
Publication, 01 August 2001
A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why social inclusion matters for green growth
Insight, 11 August 2016
Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
… project: NBSAPs 2.0 Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development, which IIED is implementing with the United Nations Environment Programme – … with the figures at your fingertips; and be comfortable talking about returns on investment, budgets and other business topics, even if … Den exercise . This is one of many biodiversity projects that IIED is involved in. The majority of our work in this area focuses on …
Insight, 22 May 2013
‘Act on nature’, demand hundreds of organisations, in unprecedented call to world leaders
… Wildlife Foundation; BirdLife International; WWF International; IIED; Capitals Coalition; International Land Coalition; and Conservation … political leaders and top business elite to realise that when we talk about the need to prioritise nature, it is not just about protecting some cute little animals. We are talking about the need …
News, 18 September 2020
US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2014. Bilateral meetings are a key part of climate diplomacy (Photo: US Embassy, The Hague, Creative Commmons, via Flickr)
Climate diplomacy: a beginner's guide
Insight, 13 October 2015
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When non-climate urban policies contribute to building urban resilience to climate change: lessons learned from Indonesian cities
… have developed interesting policy innovations that may offer lessons about vulnerability reduction. These city governments have taken … The research contributes to efforts to document lessons about policy design and implementation and provides conclusions about why these policies have been successful in bolstering resilience …
Publication, 01 October 2013
An Indonesia market trader stands at his stall while women customers look at the food on sale
Dietary indicators need overhauling, food diary study finds
… As part of the Sustainable Diets for All programme (SD4ALL) , IIED and Hivos  are working with local partner Tanoker to promote … to young children and women of reproductive age, so we know little about other demographic groups. Further, dietary diversity scores (DDS) …
Insight, 15 October 2019