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Agricultural investments in Southeast Asia: Legal tools for public accountability
… challenging national legal frameworks, raising local awareness about rights, and testing approaches for local consultation and redress. … for sustainable development. This report has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Comoros, the home of LDC negotiator Fatima Athoumani, has the Indian Ocean as a close neighbour (Photo: David Stanley, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Devenir négotiateur pour les PMA, un apprentissage intensif
… de renforcement des capacités (ecbi) . Ce programme, dirigé par l’IIED, forme des délégués des pays en développement à négocier lors des …
Insight, 12 December 2018
Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
… highlights In her opening address, Clare Shakya , director of IIED's Climate Change research group , said participants at D&C Days … Video: Interview with former Irish president Mary Robinson talking about climate action at D&C Days Video: A short film by Nice and Serious … Days programme (PDF) . This is also available in French/en francais . About the organisers D&C Days is organised by the Red Cross Red Crescent …
Event, 12 November 2016
Reacting quickly to events, as these 100m runners are to the starting pistol at the 2012 Olympic Games, is just as essential in communications (Photo: Marc, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why communication matters – and needs to be funded
… communications throughout my working life (I am now head of comms at IIED and was previously at Panos London ) and have seen our … our sector will need to create new partnerships to communicate better about the value of our work to constituencies in the UK and the rest of … need to do a much better job at mobilising a collective understanding about the need for sustainable development and why good development …
Insight, 08 September 2015
A hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh. Inadequate government compensation during periods when fishing is banned has a harsh economic consequence for families (Photo: BBC World Service Bangladesh Boat, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Forced to sell the roof over their heads
… fishing livelihoods. What I learnt this time gave me much to think about. My visit could not have been timed better. The first week of … hilsa) week, which aims to raise awareness among fisher communities about sustainable management of hilsa fish – the national fish of … roof to pay off their debt again. Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 04 April 2016
A small fishing boat off the Albanian coast (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Three things I learnt from a small-scale fisherman in Albania
… with the area is that I was born in Tripoli, Libya. But last month, IIED's ongoing work to champion schemes that compensate small-scale … from his bucket. If there is something universal I've noticed about fishers, it's their generosity.  Later, we met a fisherman called … us with beaming smiles.  Using my rusty Italian, I began by asking about the key challenges he and his father face as fishermen. His smile …
Insight, 23 January 2018
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Empowered women = happy planet? Gender equality in a changing environment
… in this global conversation can be a difficult balancing act. IIED organised a Critical Theme seminar to discuss these challenging … and equity in the way we work and the work we do. You can read more about this process in Isilda Nhantumbo's blog on Gender in the workplace … What is the role of men and boys in the push for gender equality? About the speaker Agnes Otzelberger is an independent expert and trainer …
Event, 20 May 2015
A volunteer health and conservation trainer gives a group talk to her community (Photo: Conservation Through Public Health)
Can improving health reduce threats to nature conservation?
… VHCTs is to provide community health services and to raise awareness about conservation in villages bordering protected areas. The aim is to … approach to other great ape protected areas within Uganda. What did IIED do? IIED worked with CTPH and the University of Oxford to support the …
Project, 02 April 2019
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Between Promising Advances and Deepening Concerns: A Bottom-Up Review of Trends in Land Governance 2015–2018
Publication, 01 July 2019
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Taking a more rigorous approach to evaluation
… getting clear evidence can be hard. Barbara Befani explains how IIED used a different approach to evaluate whether the Uganda Poverty … like the number of children in primary school for example. It's about whether something happened or not, and then it's about understanding the qualitative aspects of what happened. And there …
Article, 18 May 2017