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Project flyer: Mainstreaming biodiversity into development
… IIED and UNEP-WCMC have been working with four African countries – … Namibia, Seychelles and Uganda – since 2012, helping them to think about poverty and development issues as they revised their National … IIED …
Publication, 01 July 2015
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The Unrelenting Persistence of Certain Narratives: An Analysis of Changing Policy Narratives about the ASALs in Kenya
… of Certain Narratives: An Analysis of Changing Policy Narratives about the ASALs in Kenya …
Publication, 01 June 2014
Justice in the Forests: six online films and webinar from IIED
… The central question that the films ask is: "Who gets to decide about forests?" With deforestation causing such havoc for biodiversity, … this means investing in locally controlled forestry. Join the head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group — James Mayers — and in-country FGLG team … [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip1oEU8ZOhg] More information about the Forest Governance Learning Group …
News, 19 April 2011
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PLA 57: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face
… and exploring their impacts; ~• encouraging readers to talk about immersions, share their experience, and recognise that there are … PLA 57: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face …
Publication, 01 December 2007
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IIED mourns long-term partner and friend Perween Rahman
… may have antagonised the city's powerful land-grabbing criminals. IIED researchers who have long worked with Perween have described her … car when leaving the office compound.  On that occasion she talked about the conflicts they faced – how OPP staff had been forced to stop … these risks, she never expressed any ambivalence or uncertainty about her activities. I last saw her just two weeks ago at a meeting of …
News, 14 March 2013
World leaders who sought the advice of IIED founder, who would have been 100 on 23 May 2014, included two US presidents, and several UK prime ministers and heads of state from Africa and Asia
100 years of Barbara Ward: IIED founder and champion of sustainable development
Article, 23 May 2014
COP17 in Durban: Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres and the President of COP17, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (Photo: Michael Mazengarb, Creative Commons via Flickr)
United Nations climate change negotiations: IIED at COP17
Event, 20 December 2011
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The global land rush: what the evidence reveals about scale and geography
… The global land rush: what the evidence reveals about scale and geography …
Publication, 01 April 2012
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq, also director of the International … (ICCCAD), provided regular vlogs from Lima (above) and on  IIED's YouTube site , and also gave  his views on Twitter . We also … and Rural Cooperation (CTA) will host a seminar to raise awareness about and discuss approaches to help address climate change challenges …
Event, 01 December 2014
Woman in a demonstration holds a sign that reads "Everybody vs racism"
A narrative for change: how can racism in storytelling impact development?
… has long-lasting impacts on our ability to deliver change. This IIED Debates event brought together storytellers and development sector … role the donor community can play in challenging racist narratives. About the speakers Gabriela Flores Zavala   (moderator)   is a senior … to address racism in internal discourses, and external narratives about sustainable development. Joan Okitoi-Heisig  is a freelance …
Event, 17 October 2022