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Participatory community mapping and community land protection can yield tangible results for poor and vulnerable populations (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Next steps to strengthen global land governance
… amount of activity globally. There have been pilot projects and capacity-building training, as well as manuals, guidelines and toolkits galore. … Cape ;  Ian Scoones  is professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. This article was originally published on The …
Insight, 15 May 2016
A block of unfinished buildings, open to the elements
A world without refugee camps? IIED launches research on urban refugees
… and cities finding shelter where they can – squatting an abandoned building, renting a shack or an apartment, or living in temporary … displacement, raising awareness of unmet need, and Build the capacity of municipal authorities, displaced people, organisations of … able to meet their basic needs and exercise their human rights in a sustainable way, without reliance on humanitarian assistance. The …
Insight, 06 April 2020
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… and African stakeholders to address emerging critical issues such as sustainable investments, illegal logging and rural livelihoods. Our goal … What are IIED and partners doing? This project develops evidence and capacity to create opportunities for improving policy and Chinese … and one in Mozambique. There are three ways that the project is building on the China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform: …
Project, 22 September 2014
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
… by inadequate legal and policy frameworks for farm forestry development, and a lack of familiarity and confidence that tree farming … and Environment Group. With support from the Swedish international Development Agency (SIDA) , the International Family Forest Alliance … farmers together might supply Build management and administrative capacity Explore options for self-generating, or getting access to, …
Insight, 11 November 2014
An image of Saleemul Huq at the podium giving a speech. On the final day of the CBA10 conference, he called for federations and communities of the urban poor to be better utilised by urban developers, climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and infrastructure investors to work with urban community federations to mainstream and finance local adaptation
… as they can mobilise support and provide important inputs into building solutions to urban infrastructure challenges, such as housing, … CBA back home. Communities should be the driver in making adaptation sustainable, maintaining links with the government and other stakeholders. Communities can influence donors to fund capacity building to scale up and popularise the issue of climate change …
News, 28 April 2016
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Building homes, changing official approaches: The work of Urban Poor Organizations and their Federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas
… demonstrating approaches to slum and squatter upgrading, new house development and expanding provision for water, sanitation and other … They are also more inclusive of the poorest groups and usually more sustainable. Where local and national governments support them, these also show a capacity to scale-up and include all urban-poor groups within a city. …
Publication, 01 July 2005
This graphic illustrates some of the benefits of undertaking monitoring and evaluation, including better decision making, supporting learning and accountability and gathering information for reporting
Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
Project, 24 September 2018
Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
… the processes within social learning – participation, engagement and capacity development – have led to changes that will help address some … case for further action-orientated research. This should focus on: Building evidence and understanding about how process-oriented … Garside ( [email protected] ) is senior researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 23 January 2017
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Methodologies for urban climate resilience: A review of ACCCRN approaches to Indian cities
… to climate change, as well as the necessary technical knowledge and capacity. The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) …
Publication, 01 February 2014
Ibadan, Nigeria, a city that has experienced devastating high winds and flooding (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
How risk accumulates in African cities – and ways to break the cycle
… provision When a city's growth outruns its local government's capacity to provide water, sanitation, solid waste collection, health … problems and the best way to investigate them.    New approaches to building capacity:  The 'capacity-building workshop' is a staple of NGO … donor priorities or research agendas. Meeting the ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals to make cities safe, inclusive and …
Insight, 30 January 2017