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Cover for 17098IIED.pdf
Biomass energy: Another driver of land acquisitions?
… developing countries and calls for greater public scrutiny and debate about the issue. …
Publication, 01 August 2011
Cover for 10840IIED.pdf
Long-term implications of humanitarian responses: the case of Chennai
… Following the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, Tamil Nadu lost about 8,000 people and the lives and livelihoods of over 897,000 …
Publication, 01 November 2017
Cover for 10730IIED.pdf
Climate change, floods and homes: understanding location preferences in Indonesia
Publication, 01 May 2015
A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
Insight, 02 April 2014
A farmer's house and sugar cane field in Cambodia, where there is concern about large-scale investment in sugar plantations driving local people off the land (Photo: Brian Hoffman, via Creative Commons)
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… may not be enough to shelter companies from criticism. Contestation about 'land grabbing' in relation to the recent wave of agribusiness … in making this happen. Lorenzo Cotula is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group  and leads the institute’s work on legal … on agriculture and extractive industries , Lorenzo Cotula (2013), IIED Natural Resource Issues series …
Insight, 20 October 2014
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… cascade into others. Across the board, the contracts raised questions about how farmers can meaningfully exercise agency and what entry points … in commercial agriculture: enhancing rural producer agency ' IIED’s 'Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture' (EPIC) …
Insight, 16 May 2021
Early start: A cow being milked at first light in the village of Kimokouwa (credit: Toby Mitchell)
Mixing meteorology with traditions to improve climate forecasts for pastoralists
… changed in the second half, when village representatives were asked about their own forecasting. The room came to life. Voices clamoured to … achieving this goal. Tobias Mitchell is a consultant working with IIED’s climate change group ( [email protected] ). The project is …
Insight, 19 March 2014
The interface between forests, agriculture and climate change: understanding the implications for REDD
Project, 02 September 2010
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
… had been been living in Jackson Heights for eight years. He told me about his experiences during Hurricane Sandy and how Bangladesh and New …
Insight, 25 September 2014
Community-based conservation has worked for black rhinos (Photo: Park Street Pro via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Wanted: Community wildlife conservation success stories
… look like? There are some well-known examples that we often hear about at conferences such as those in London last month. Namibia: … International Institute for Environment and Development ( dilys.roe@iied.org )  …
Insight, 03 March 2014