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A market in Fort Portal (Photo: Sister Haiti, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
… this period of growth and urbanisation. Working in collaboration with IIED and Hivos , KRC is conducting the Fort Portal Food Lab project to … Information Unit and is an IIED International Fellow. He talked to me about the project's goals and about what has happened so far. PC: What is your main objective with the …
Insight, 11 December 2015
A woman in an orange life jacket sits on the edge of a square pond cage, surrounded by water.
How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries
… As a part of efforts to answer these questions, the World Bank and IIED (with support from PROBLUE ) have developed a conceptual framework … of people and nature for a more sustainable future. Find out more about the conceptual framework connecting social protection and … protection and fisheries management for sustainability, or see it on IIED's Flickr channel Gunilla Tegelskär Greig , a senior fisheries …
Insight, 06 June 2022
A stray ape rescued by Limbe Wildlife Centre in South West Cameroon (Photo: Stanley Dinsi)
TV documentary highlights conservation and poverty links in Cameroon
… project  in Cameroon has brought in the TV cameras to raise awareness about great ape conservation and poverty alleviation. IIED talked to Dr Stanley Dinsi, the project's programme officer, to … Cameroon decide to make a documentary?   We wanted to raise awareness about the challenges faced by local communities living around protected …
Article, 13 April 2016
Central Malawi: Belia Sikelo farms groundnuts using 'conservation agriculture', a set of practices including no-till farming, designed improve soil structure and help resist erosion. (Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT)
2015: the International Year of Soils
… in El Salvador. The key goal for the year is to create awareness about the role of 'healthy soils for a healthy life'. With 95% of food … on sustainable management and use of soil resources.  Find out more about the  International Year of Soils . The FAO has also produced two … of which is essential for food security and our sustainable future'. IIED's work on soils Many of IIED's key areas of work cut across the …
Article, 09 April 2015
Fishing the ocean
Action for an ocean for all
… Ours is a blue planet – 70% of the Earth’s surface is ocean. And about 60% of that lies outside national jurisdictions on the ‘high … question at the centre of ‘ Towards an inclusive blue economy ’, an IIED event in London at the end of February 2019, when participants …
Long read, 25 March 2019
Villagers dig out a silted up water tank, paid for by India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Photo: Mackay Savage, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Finding solutions for less poverty and better ecosystems
… – protecting forests, water, and biodiversity – and some are about people, such as reducing poverty and inequality. This … – and there are tools that can help them to do that. As part of an IIED project on Shaping Sustainable Markets , we are exploring how … behaviour, while also shattering some of the myths that abound about environmental management. Drawing on a better understanding of the …
Insight, 15 December 2015
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Report of SIFOR Partners' Workshop, Cusco Peru, 29 April - 4 May 2013,
… India, Kenya, China and Peru, the Potato Park communities (Peru) and IIED to develop a common methodology for the SIFOR baseline study and … Potato Park, and a field visit to the Park enabled partners to learn about its diverse biocultural innovations and collective governance. A … project which started in August 2012 Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… soil fertility. In addition, there is a great deal of uncertainty about their impact on smallholders' access to markets, land and … among smallholders remains low. A one-day workshop organised by IIED, the Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) , CARE … and technical assistance: Farmers know a lot, but they may not know about alternative options if they have not been introduced to them. …
Insight, 20 May 2015
The Paris Agreement is celebrated (Photo: francediplomatie, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Briefing: After Paris – what's next for the LDCs?
… The IIED's strategic briefing in London on 22 February analysed the key … the national level – in order for it to be successfully implemented.  IIED's event was an opportunity to hear the views of two senior climate … OECD countries need to do to support the LDCs on the Paris agenda?  About the speakers Dr. Achala Abeysinghe is legal and technical adviser …
Event, 22 February 2016
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Traditional knowledge in context
… This briefing reflects on IIED's work to assist indigenous and local communities to protect their … community rights and biodiversity. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 July 2011