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In 2018 IIED welcomed colleagues from Brazil, Cameroon, India, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe to Communications Learning Week (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
Communications Learning Weeks
… IIED organises an annual workshop that brings together its own … explore common themes, build relationships and learn from one another about the challenges of communicating about sustainable development. The workshop programme typically …
Article, 07 July 2015
View of informal housing by a lake, with a boat in it. In the background modern buildings and skyscrapers
Advancing inclusive and resilient urban development targeted at the urban poor
… populations to withstand climate-induced shocks and stresses.  What IIED did  IIED convened a consortium of international and national partners with … for future climate are inevitably uncertain, relying on assumptions about emissions scenarios and the ways in which global trends will be …
Project, 07 February 2022
Men and women sitting in chairs.
What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania
… received considerable press attention, but little has been written about what happened to communities impacted by land-based investments. … From 2017-18, the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) and IIED received requests from each of the four communities to help resolve … based on a shared understanding of the facts, we prepared a report about how Bioshape initially acquired the land and what had taken place …
Insight, 14 December 2020
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Research planning workshop (Cusco, 2005). Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: Implications of customary laws and practices
… policy processes based on locally relevant definitions. · Learning about the methodology of Andes for research on customary law and their … identifying common research themes. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. … IIED …
Publication, 01 May 2005
Schoolgirls and a teacher in a classroom
Pathways to learning – finding new ways to evaluate SDG progress
Article, 15 July 2019
Cover for G00394.pdf
Do forests protect watersheds? A short summary of current thinking on the links between land use, hydrological functions of watersheds and local livelihoods in Vietnam
… workshop, which was held in Hanoi on 14 May 2002 and attended by about 50 research scientists, representatives of government departments … IIED …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Man moves charcoal with a shovel
How innovative shared labels are promoting diversity, biocultural heritage and sustainable production
… to this expanding market. Shared labels to boost market presence An IIED report  sheds light on the innovation of ‘shared labelling’ used by … a way of connecting producers with consumers by telling them a story about their product – what differentiates it from others in the market …
Insight, 20 March 2023
Three people talk into a microphone around the table
Protecting our ocean: Make Change Happen podcast episode 1
Article, 23 August 2019
On a field trip to Dhamrai, course participants learned about the typical costs for installing and operating solar irrigation pumps to provide off-grid irrigation. (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Enabling developing countries to effectively manage climate finance
News, 13 May 2016
People sitting in a pasture
International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
… challenges. The network's walking workshops enable practical learning about how to address shared challenges through empowering community-led … of the International Society for Ethnobiology (ISE). ANDES and IIED were co-chairs of the ISE Global Coalition for Biocultural … from different countries, using a ‘walking workshop’ methodology . IIED co-supported this event through its SIFOR project and with FCDO …
Project, 27 June 2019