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Fair trade: still centred on smallholders?
… Howitt, MEP, Vredeseilanden and the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) — seemed divided on the extent to which it is … for poor farmers in the global South but also to build their capacity to make their own decisions and choose their own paths to … certification. Jorge Chavez-Tafur, from the Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture (ILEIA) , asked “Is it true that fair trade …
Insight, 27 June 2011
Markets for environmental services case studies
… meant there was an urgent need for practical guidance. What IIED did Building on previous work on private sector participation, IIED aimed to … empirical data to assess their impacts, as well as the commitment and capacity of local partners to contribute to both the research and … this work was provided under another IIED project, Instruments for sustainable private sector forestry, funded by the UK's Department for …
Project, 08 May 2008
Farmers sort tomatoes in Ethiopia.
How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
… protests to proposals, and that requires technical support and the capacity to argue and present evidence. Building these capacities and then taking on an advocacy role has a cost … this work, contact Ethel del Pozo-Vergnes or Bill Vorley in IIED’s sustainable markegs group, or Josine Stremmelaar at Hivos: …
Insight, 28 November 2012
Head and shoulders of four smiling people
Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
Article, 06 August 2020
The British Library will host the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture, with guest speaker Dr Fatima Denton (Photo: Wikipedia Commons licence)
2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change
News, 07 October 2014
Colombia's government and left-wing insurgents sign a historic agreement ending 52 years of conflict. Some commentators suggest the peace process has opened the way for major progress on the SDGs (Photo: Gobierno de Chile, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change
… We are now 13 months into the 15-year lifespan of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – early enough that much of the … and demands for reports and data from the global level diverting capacity and weakening efforts to achieve Vision 2030.   The SDGs don't … approach to address the country's major challenges (from peace-building to achieving greater social equity and environmental …
Insight, 17 February 2017
African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
… can be happy bedfellows," said IIED's James MacGregor. "This is what sustainable development should be about - managing natural resources to … IIED will provide the necessary start-up research and project-building training to "tool up" local communities to manage the emerging … IIED will focus on "training the trainers" in order to build local capacity. By the end of the first year of the project, six community …
News, 04 January 2006
An expert on legal issues in international climate change negotiations, IIED's Achala Abeysinghe has been named one of the world's top 15 female climate champions (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
A champion for the most vulnerable
News, 23 November 2015
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
… Action will be highlighting the importance of developing community capacity. In the long term, measuring and enhancing adaptation cannot be … development agencies and short-term projects – what is needed is sustainable, local institutions that can monitor, adjust and enhance … influential figures to try to reach an accord. Local institution building has been the core of our work in Sudan but we have also …
Insight, 23 April 2015
A man peers through the lens of a camera, while receiving advice from his colleague, another ranger
Learning and action for community engagement against wildlife crime
… are rarely consulted in IWT programme design processes, and lack the capacity and voice to engage in policy debate. What is IIED doing? The … Fund and addresses these challenges with three sets of activities. Building evidence:  Using the online People not Poaching portal , we … coordinating the project and international events, and is leading the development and maintenance of the People not Poaching portal with …
Project, 30 October 2018