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The view from the back of the conference centre at the British Library for the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Hundreds discuss rewriting the narrative on Africa and climate change
News, 20 November 2014
The Maasai believe that community-managed slaughterhouses can help fight climate change. Here, effluent is stored in ponds (Photo: Hannah Reid/IIED)
Slaughterhouse five
… Session two in CBA9 looking at 'Measuring, linking and learning about adaptation effectiveness across scales: from communities to … and global frameworks' will hopefully provide answers too   I worry about how initiatives such as the slaughterhouse will cope with climate … the community level need strengthening.  Hannah Reid (hannah.reid@iied.org) is a consultant researcher working with IIED as part of the …
Insight, 29 April 2015
A farmer in Bangladesh
Upscaling agroecological practices
… remained quite limited. A high level workshop organised in London by IIED and Practical Action in October 2015 pinpointed eight major … Practical Action and IIED also produced a video about efforts to encourage the use of organic fertilisers in Bangladesh. … film, titled 'Fertile Ground',  highlighted increasing concerns about poor soil quality and reduced crop yields in this largely …
Project, 29 January 2017
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute, which together with IIED will host the launch event in Beijing next week. At the launch, the … and discuss new research, which IIED will publish later this year, about Chinese impacts and influence on decision making about forests in Africa. China’s imports of African timber and …
News, 27 February 2013
Cover for G04333.pdf
Community-based Pangolin Conservation, Nepal
… The need to raise public awareness about the threatened status of the Chinese pangolin and the laws that … of the compilation Conservation, crime and communities, published by IIED (2015) http://pubs.iied.org/14648IIED (ISBN: 978-1-78431-140-7) …
Publication, 01 February 2015
The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)
Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy
… challenge set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is about getting everyone – from governments through to the business … the same goals, and the indicators provide a common way of talking about this – allowing a better managed system Measuring what matters The … will be able to work together to deliver transformational change. IIED is publishing a series of video interviews with IIED experts who …
News, 11 September 2015
Water and gravity are used to separate and, ultimately, leave the diamonds (Photo: James McQuilken/@J_McQuilken)
Sustainable development and artisanal mining: time to broaden the ‘blood diamonds’ conversation?
… industry and civil society across all sectors, including ASM.  IIED was invited to this year’s KP plenary . This is an annual gathering … prominently in the programme. Neither was there much discussion about good practices to mitigate the social impacts of artisanal and small-scale diamond mining, nor about ways to support artisanal diamond entrepreneurship and access to …
Insight, 03 December 2018
A graphic which highlights the enefits of investing in national M&E systems for climate change
Webinar: Benefits of investing in national monitoring and evaluation systems
Event, 02 October 2018
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… can be very nebulous and slippery concepts but we can be clearer about what we mean when we look at these concepts in a specific context. The Natural Resources Group at IIED is taking up this challenge, focusing in particular on the contexts … in REDD+ and PA we won't make much progress until we are clearer about what we actually mean by equitable REDD+ or equitable management …
Insight, 11 May 2015
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… which is not open to the public. Watch these videos to find out more about the conference’s key themes. World Leader’s Dialogue IIED’s Director, Camilla Toulmin, will be participating in the World … the debate by sending your questions to the conference organisers about the themes before 31 August 2012 . Staff from IIED are involved in …
Event, 16 August 2012