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The new Guardians of Diversity film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
… The visit enabled the farming communities to exchange ideas about maintaining biodiversity, adapting to climate change and managing … with the Peruvian NGO Asociacion ANDES , which has facilitated participatory action-research in the Potato Park since 1998. It was funded by the …
News, 10 November 2014
Cover for G01676.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 Methodological complementarity Creativity and compromise
… of the strengths and weaknesses of PRA is encouraging much- Can participatory learning and action needed discussion about the need to broaden it methodologies be combined with more formal, …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… communities, and the importance of community to community exchange in learning, scaling out work, and network building.  Speakers discussed … development support) programmes, but very little is actually known about how they manage risks.  This event was co-organised by IIED and … transformation for the ecosystem dependent communities.  This highly participatory process shared innovative methodologies developed by IIED, …
Event, 01 September 2016
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
Article, 27 December 2013
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
Insight, 24 September 2019
More people, more trees
… with greater investment in trees of all sorts. By following a participatory approach, in which people learn together about better ways to care for their soils, much has been achieved. Many … think. We hope you enjoy the film and that it inspires you to further action. For myself, above all, it reminds me that positive change …
Insight, 29 October 2010
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… and advocating for fairer policies and their implementation. Read about some of the projects we have worked on below. Designing resilient … Field Schools — and built the skills and confidence for collective action. In Iran, nomadic tribal organisations advocated to co-manage … from six European countries. The FSO aimed to develop innovative participatory approaches for managing agricultural biodiversity in …
Project, 14 August 2013
Annual report 2009/10
… that lets biomass energy drive greener economies, not black markets. Learning groups show muscle:  an independent review showed that IIED’s … Write this way:  in ‘writeshops’ run by IIED’s international journal Participatory Learning and Action, practitioners working with … profile series allowed these groups to send important messages about how international funding and frameworks could better support …
Page, 21 October 2010
Delegates at the 20th Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting integrate poverty and environmental issues into the global agenda in Edinburgh in late May (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Putting ourselves out of business – forward planning for the PEP
… jobs. In Mozambique, involving communities in forest management (participatory forest management) has resulted in positive local results. … table, to seek better forms of implementation. Sharing these stories about what works, identifying the gaps in our knowledge, and learning from each other will all be key to the future success of the …
Insight, 29 June 2015
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… in REDD processes who IIED collaborate with in the Forest Governance Learning Group concluded a year ago that national REDD strategies must … a mouthful. Here in Durban on 27th November a very lively group of about 50 people spent a day considering what ‘South-South learning’ … conundrum. Proven approaches derived from long-running initiatives in participatory forest management and payments for environmental services …
Insight, 30 November 2011