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Moving beyond the rhetoric: the challenge of reform in Kenya’s drylands
… What remains to be overcome are the persistent negative narratives about the ASALs that have traditionally held back their development, and …
Publication, 01 April 2013
A native bird in Costa Rica found in a payments for environmental services project run by IIED and FONAFIFO (Photo Ina Porras)
Who will pay for ecosystem services?
… forest by the Los Negros Watershed and downstream farmers worried about water supply for their crops developed a reciprocal agreement to … services for the society. Ina Porras is a senior researcher in IIED's sustainable markets group ( ina.porras@iied.org )  …
Insight, 28 January 2014
A new sanitation block being constructed in Kibera settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Most of Kibera's residents don't have access to electricity or running water (Photo: Sustainable Sanitation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Finance for whom and for what?
Insight, 31 March 2015
Can Scotland's Climate Justice Fund show the way?
… from the private sector acknowledged that they have to learn about climate change and realise their responsibilities in contributing … achieves this. Simon Anderson is head of the climate change group at IIED. Watch a video message Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond …
Insight, 10 October 2013
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Decentralisation and local power in Niger
… or their links with central government. Both are also concerned about how decentralisation will affect them, as the emergence of locally … chiefs’ virtual control over local affairs, and raises questions about the professionals’ legitimacy within their political parties and … 2002 and 2007 as part of a research programme, which began monitoring about 20 municipalities in the run-up to the elections. The author was …
Publication, 01 July 2009
Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)
REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits
… The scheme could make a real difference. Deforestation contributes about 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than the … that everyone benefits equally. Isilda Nhantumbo ( Isilda.nhantumbo@iied.org )  is a senior researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources Group …
Insight, 18 December 2013
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… are all working to help people in forests. The aim is mutual learning about more efficient ways to improve forest livelihoods around the … aware of the huge potential of sustainable smallholder forestry. IIED and FAO partners at the Forest and Farm Facility helped to …
Insight, 22 October 2018
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 16 Actual or potential uses of RRA/PRA methods in health and nutrition
… RRA/PRA methods. On the second · alcoholic husbands; day of the IIED/IDS Workshop on PRA · widows; Applications in Health and Nutrition, … small groups brainstormed · women who do/do not go to the clinic; about actual and potential applications of · child marriage; particular …
Publication, 01 January 1992
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Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China
… pastoralism. To do so, we analysed the content of newspaper articles about pastoralists in Kenya, China and India, and also invited …
Publication, 01 April 2013
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The Governance of Nature and the Nature of Governance: Policy that works for biodiversity and livelihoods
… the governance of biodiversity – how it is managed and how decisions about it are made – at local, national and international level. It … to deliver more benefits to people and planet. Find out more about our work on biocultural heritage at the website linked below. …
Publication, 01 November 2008