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Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming: Make Change Happen podcast episode 11
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our … we are doing to support positive change.  In this episode, we learn about the term 'biocultural heritage' and discuss the benefits of … conservation. Hosted by Liz Carlile , this podcast features IIED’s principal researcher Krystyna Swiderska ; Alejandro Argumedo , …
Article, 26 April 2021
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Facing a COVID-19 future: listening and learning to inform the ‘new normal’
… Since lockdown began, we’ve been thinking not only about how IIED and our own staff are affected by the coronavirus pandemic but also … are being revised as the figure is tracked in real time. And what about our partners? For them, COVID-19 presents yet another layer of …
Insight, 28 May 2020
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Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries
Project, 15 September 2021
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China-Africa investment treaties: do they work?
… Africa’s largest trading partner. There are continuing misperceptions about China-Africa economic relations, and little empirical evidence on … with Chinese stakeholders. The findings provide a cautionary tale about whether the treaties fulfill their objective, as well as pointers … in China and Africa. This publication has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 January 2017
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Peer learning resources for Community Conservation Wardens in Uganda
… The IIED-led project ‘ Implementing park action plans for community … is important Effective communication (pptx) :  asks trainees to think about what effective communication means, including being a good … or activity  Conflict management (pptx) :  asks trainees to think about different types of conflict, common causes of conflict and …
Article, 16 June 2020
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‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work
… I knew asking my colleagues to write a poem about their gender might make them squirm. I imagined a couple of … can make us better at our jobs. A few months ago, a small group of IIED staff, convened by IIED’s Gender Equality Champions Network, … in everyday life. Well before social scientists started talking about ‘embodiment’, the body was and still is a fundamental subject of …
Insight, 13 April 2023
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Reflections on a year of change and challenges ahead
… demands. But there is one thing that the pandemic has not altered: IIED’s fundamental commitment to delivering positive change by working … at high-level international events. I'm hugely proud of the way IIED has stepped up through the year and kept all of its work programmes … the pandemic’s implications for our five global challenges Read more about how IIED plans to work with partners throughout 2021  to highlight …
Article, 05 May 2021
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Herramientas de Incidencia
… and nutrition of food can be misdirected when based on assumptions about people’s priorities and level of knowledge. When citizens have the … insights gained from the Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme about the opportunities, dilemmas and tensions of putting citizen agency …
Publication, 01 June 2020
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Adaptation Research Alliance: accelerating adaptation action and solutions
Project, 29 March 2022
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019