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A pastoralist dwelling in Niger. Rural communities have learned to exploit the variability of dryland environments (Photo: IIED)
The end of desertification?
… from the late 1960s to the 1990s were the most dramatic example of climate variability in the 20th century. Until recently one word – … The inability of desertification to explain social and environmental change in the Sahel is not an isolated case. The concept of … a pristine and unchanging natural world as the goal of environmental management.  Finally there is the practical and political dysfunction …
Insight, 29 September 2016
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Talking REDD+: beyond forestry – joining up and moving forward
… up cost-effective options that deal with the fundamental problem of climate change. Deforestation and degradation of forests requires concerted … actions; addressing tenure; learning from participatory forest management and payment for ecosystems services; taking the right …
Publication, 01 December 2011
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Sanitation and drainage in cities II
… the role of tenure in sanitation decisions; and innovations in the management of waste. Several papers address the prevalence of communal … in extending sanitation access has been highly uneven. The papers on climate change provide examples of positive steps toward resilience. These cover …
Publication, 01 October 2015
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Cost and Values Analysis of TAMD in Kenya
… and evaluation (M&E) framework allows public authorities to assess climate risk management processes and contributions from adaptation or development policy. In Kenya, TAMD is used to introduce climate risk management into institutional decision making and to plan, manage and … Climate change …
Publication, 01 December 2014
Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge
… conditions ensures traditional practices are robust and adaptable to climate change. Such treasured knowledge needs protection from outside interests … tools rooted in strengthening community organisations and resource management systems. One such tool is collective rules for access to … Natural resource management …
Article, 09 November 2009
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How can sector governance models drive sustainability performance in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors?
… quality sectors are resilient in the face of market volatility and climate change; have a net positive impact on natural capital and … – whereby farmers (and their workers) earn a decent living; are adaptive, resilient and innovative; produce at optimum productivity and … rent seeking, patronage and government mismanagement. Instead, sector management has been left to individual value chain participants. This …
Publication, 01 April 2015
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… had been broken down.  In the 1987 IIED annual report, it says "change is in the air… with the Brundtland Report Our Common Future … for four years, collecting household data on livelihoods, assets, climate, land use, water and livestock. This research became my PhD … head of IED-Afrique . In 1989, interest in participatory planning and management of land was growing, but there was no systematic training or …
Insight, 22 June 2015
Urban environment Argentina. Photo: Mark Edwards
Urbanization: A double-edged sword for women
… These issues – along with climate change, waste, water and other topics -- are explored in the April 2013 … neighbourhoods in Bengalaru, India. This issue also has two papers on climate change: a detailed benefit-cost analysis applied to Durban, …
News, 10 April 2013
European Tropical Forest Research Network
… of the ETFRN News have focused on 'Financing Sustainable Forest Management' and 'Forests and Climate Change: adaptation and mitigation'. The ETFRN website provides a …
Project, 31 August 2010
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… ranging from improving food security to mitigating and adapting to climate change in a range of global forums and events. Peter’s sharp intellect … clarify four basic preconditions for incentivising sustainable forest management from a farmer’s perspective – couched as simple questions: If …
News, 14 March 2019