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Oscar Simanto, one of the founders of the African Forest Enterprises Connect Network (AFECONET), connect forest and farm producers across Africa (Image: IIED)
New network aims to connect locally controlled forest enterprises across Africa
… across the continent." Simanto was speaking at the launch of a new IIED guide to successful locally controlled forest (LCF) enterprises at the World Forestry Congress in Durban. The new IIED publication includes 19 case studies of LCF enterprises from 14 … The  Forest Connect online network allows members to share news about small and medium forest enterprises. …
News, 26 October 2015
Wilton Park is the venue for a conference on sustainable development goals from January 29-31 (Photo: Wilton Park)
Post-2015 development framework: priorities for LDCs – coverage from Wilton Park
… IIED has set out its vision for the goals and its efforts to shape them , and IIED staff provided live coverage of the conference on Twitter via @IIED … The Least Developed Countries in post-2015 debates Read more about IIED's  work on the post-2015 'sustainable development goals ' Our …
Event, 29 January 2015
Miners pushing a cart out of a mine near the Bolivian town of Potosi. For centuries this area had the richest silver mines in South America. Today many of the mines are worked by local cooperatives, but conditions are still harsh (Photo Nyall & Maryanne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Listen and learn: lessons from the small-scale mining sector
… or artisanal and small-scale (ASM) miners will be present.  IIED thinks that it is time communities had a bigger voice at the table … long-lasting solutions.   The sector also has huge potential to bring about transformative change for local and national development – … mining companies, NGOs and donors all have a role to play in bringing about this change, but they cannot act alone. Such change requires a …
Insight, 05 February 2015
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Innovating farmers inspire
… mainly in Africa, but also in Asia. Three to four Issue Papers of about 30 pages accompany each Haramata, allowing for subjects to be … French and English. For a free subscription, please email: drylands@iied.org …
Publication, 01 June 2002
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
… drylands, mountains or coastal areas – are often highly knowledgeable about what adaptation actions are needed , but lack the resources, power … of Mountain Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan to exchange knowledge about climate change impacts and adaptation responses. The workshop … and indigenous peoples.  Krystyna Swiderska  ( krystyna.swiderska@iied.org )  is the principal researcher (agriculture and biodiversity) …
Insight, 05 February 2016
Weighing sacks of coffee beans in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT)
Environmental Funds: sustainable finance for conservation
… full time job: at Fondo Acción, Colombia's EF. I knew very little about the organisation then, and was surprised to find it supported more … Fondo Acción was unlike any other non-profit organisation I had read about or volunteered with. For a start, it took its financial … can be done to help this approach gain even more traction? I applaud IIED's recently published Review of Conservation Trust Funds for …
Insight, 23 July 2014
People eating at the market
Citizen-led research serves up answers on what Bolivian food vendors want
… of people. Yet they are mostly invisible in policy planning. The IIED-Hivos Sustainable Diets for All programme uses evidence to support … and nutritious food. As part of the programme we have been learning about the vendors working in market eateries in La Paz – what motivates … the capacity and will to do so. This research helped us learn more about market eateries and their business models, about the concerns of …
Insight, 07 May 2020
Construction of Hyderabad’s new metro. The first phase, covering 30km and 24 stations, opened in November 2017 (Photo: banjaxx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities
… 109 hectares of land around the planned metro stations. L&T will make about half of its revenue from train fares. The remaining half will come … has issued green bonds. Beginning with the basics It's not just about building big infrastructure. Uganda's capital Kampala, for … and urbanisation team .  Sarah Colenbrander ( sarah.colenbrander@iied.org ) is a senior researcher with IIED's Human Settlements research …
Insight, 09 January 2018
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… recovery, these Indigenous communities share important lessons about resilience in the face of shocks and challenges. The upcoming UN … increase resilience and productivity? INMIP invites us all to think about our relationship to food, to the natural world, and to the … Kenya, India and China. The webinars were organised by INMIP and IIED on 7 and 14 September 2021. …
Insight, 26 August 2021
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Climate-smart people-centred conservation: a new framework for socially-just conservation in a changing climate
… termed “climate-smart, pro-poor conservation”. Working with WWF-UK, IIED started by developing an analytical framework for “climate-smart … policies. Learning from this experience, and making informed choices about principles that might have been over-looked or under-emphasised in …
Publication, 01 April 2017