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A Bolivian woman stallholder sells potatoes and other vegetables. Bolivian diets are changing, moving away from traditional foods and towards processed foods (Photo: Mauricio Panozo, Lucano Photography)
The Bolivian diet: women’s voices and choices
… work of the Sustainable diets for all programme being implemented by IIED and Hivos . The programme is establishing 'food change labs' in … in local food systems.  The women featured in the photos talked about their understanding of traditional methods of food production and … Mariaca , 30, didn't study cooking professionally – she says knows about cooking because when she was growing up food preparation was seen …
News, 08 March 2019
Heads of delegations at the 2015 UN climate talks (Photo: Office of the President of Mexico, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Steps to enforcing the Paris Agreement
Article, 21 September 2016
Woman looking to the front holding a water hose, a solar panel in the background
Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local
… of jobs to be created along their value chains. But questions remain about where the overall value and profit are retained. Unless these big … operating in the country, interviewed as part of Hivos, ENERGIA and IIED's ' Green and Inclusive Energy' programme , said many Kenyan … domestic companies. Establish, align or refocus intermediaries IIED’s ' Moving more money ' and 'Accelerating energy access with …
Insight, 29 December 2020
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Gender Roles in Urban Climate Resilience: lessons from Hue, Vietnam
… There is growing awareness in Southeast Asia about the significance of gender norms and roles in climate resilience. …
Publication, 01 May 2016
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… do not consider the value of these benefits when making decisions about how these resources should be used. Perceptions and attitudes … in the continent and beyond.  Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 13 October 2016
Men sitting on railway tracks with roosters. Sucat Railway Community, Manila, Philippines.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
… analysis of target setting, equity, environment and power dimensions. IIED provides a particular focus on poverty reduction, water and … changes using key indicators designed and monitored at local levels. IIED has developed a programme of collaborative research, networking and … international conference to share what IIED and partners have learned about local institutions that work and their critical role in achieving …
Project, 30 April 2008
Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background
Trees need locally-grown politics
… at a speed that locally-built integrated projects can only dream about. But these campaigns are fragile precisely because they rely on … power. The right tree in the right place needs the right politics. IIED’s ' Tree planting campaigns in post-COVID-19 recovery ' project is …
Insight, 04 June 2021
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Evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on human wellbeing: Guidance for practitioners
… questions, and conservationists are faced with an array of decisions about the most appropriate methods and research designs to use. This …
Publication, 01 August 2016
A fish market in Vĩnh Trường, Vietnam. More than 300 million people are directly or indirectly employed by the fisheries sector, and must be addressed by the oceans SDG (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A sustainable ocean by 2030
… due to difficult lending conditions; limited skills and knowledge about negotiating for formal services; limited information and knowledge about products and services; and the inability to choose between … ensure that no one is left behind. Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is senior researcher in environmental economics in the …
Insight, 14 September 2015
Chen showing Lila Buckley his innovative method for growing potatoes in straw nests.
A Chinese farm in Africa
… the start.” Chen loves his work—you can feel it in the way he talks about the new techniques they are using to grow potatoes, and hear it in … teeming all around me, I too feel a sense of security and optimism about the state of China’s agriculture—with its organised network of … I return home I receive a skype message from Chen thanking me for IIED materials I have sent him on integrated agricultural systems. I …
Insight, 13 September 2012