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Bangladeshi man stands next to a woman who is working on a sewing machine
Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods in Bangladesh
… IIED and partners are working with the government of Bangladesh to … fishers to avoid overfishing the hilsa fish and raise awareness about the positive impact of sustainable use on their livelihoods. The … affected households and communities. Building trust  In order for IIED and partners to be taken seriously by government officials, they …
Article, 09 October 2014
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Millennium Development Goals and Local Processes: Hitting the target or missing the point?, The
… This booklet was produced for IIED's conference, 'The Millennium Development Goals: Hitting the Target … the Point?' held in London in November, 2003. For more information about the conference and IIED's other work on the MDGs, as well as a PDF of this booklet, go to …
Publication, 01 January 2003
A group of people holding a tree seedling
Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people
… forest lands while supporting local livelihoods. Earlier this year, IIED launched a monthly blog series on our  Facebook page  where we … – focusing particularly on our younger audience – to write for us about their experiences. This month’s topic was forests: we wanted to learn more about whether and how our followers in countries across the world were …
Insight, 26 March 2020
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… that is why it is crucial that young people are involved in decisions about how forests are managed and used. A common question in the forest … don't need to – young people are already engaged. They are passionate about their planet, aware of the issues confronting it and keen to … is an informal alliance of 10 in-country partners, coordinated by IIED and established in 2004, which aims to improve the governance of …
Insight, 24 August 2015
Thirty officials from Anglophone African countries attended the workshop (Image: Siima Media/IIED)
Anglophone African officials enhance their climate negotiating skills
… climate change process. They engaged in mock negotiations and learned about key issues. The workshop featured presentations from experts from IIED, the Legal Response Initiative , the International Centre for … be equipped to actively engage in UN climate change negotiations. IIED runs the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)  training and …
News, 03 November 2016
Climate adaptation conference to open in Bangladesh, the "adaptation capital of the world"
… by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS).   … who will follow the conference over the internet – will learn about ways that people around the world are adapting to climate change … vulnerable to climate change is yesterday's story. Today's story is about Bangladesh being one of the most adaptive countries. I would call …
News, 18 April 2013
ON AIR: a local farmer joins a broadcaster in the studio of KRC.FM (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori
… These can include anything from market price data to information about a particular crop, harvesting tips to weather forecasts. It's a … might call back asking for clarification – or ask a related question about a different crop." In a continuous information loop, questions … Busiinge, head of KRC's Information Unit, and also one of IIED's international fellows . "But we know there are many radio …
Insight, 19 March 2015
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… Oxfam and the Internation Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The book's message is now widely accepted: climate change … by this or found it a convenient excuse to do relatively little about climate change. Officials at the Department for International … and development NGOs wanted. Environment agencies were more vocal about climate change, but frustrated that development agencies were less …
Insight, 12 August 2014
Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which has been pledged US$1 billion pledge of REDD+ finance from Norway (Photo: Josh Estey/Aus Aid, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
What's next for REDD+?
… Drivers, landscapes and other sectors Most people think REDD+ is about forests. That's just wrong. Forestry-related drivers of … forest degradation are just part of the picture. Many speakers at the IIED meeting on 9-10 April spoke of the need to address the drivers of … of improving land use and production systems. So we need to think about premiums in new ways, such as incentives to famers that will …
Insight, 29 April 2014
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Voices and flavours from the Earth: visualising food sovereignty in the Andes
… textual and video recordings of Andean ideas, experience and feelings about the inextricable links between biodiversity, food sovereignty and … or individual chapters please follow the 'More information on IIED site' link below. …
Publication, 01 June 2013