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The chairman of the Mpungu Authorised Resource User Group, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, who was involved in the development of the 'Multiple Use' programme (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
… schemes deliver benefits to local people as well as to wildlife? Building a close relationship with the relevant authorities throughout … for local people?   We started the 'Research to policy: building capacity for conservation through poverty alleviation' (R2P) project … programmes for local communities, for example providing support for sustainable agriculture, as well as projects focused specifically on the …
Insight, 27 March 2015
Cover for 7800IIED.pdf
Community Based Wildlife Management in West Africa: A regional review
Publication, 01 January 1999
Small producers in the global market
… on connecting producers to markets. Governments, donors and the development community at large, as well as many in the private sector, … knowledge using the lens of small-scale producers’ agency — the capacity of small-scale producers to take informed decisions and to act … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 28 March 2010
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
Kenya: Community-based marine area holds some important lessons for policy makers
… was also mentioned many times, as was the community’s lack of capacity  to push to gaining rights over the coastal land. “We tried for … rights and coastal land rights for communities. Communities need the capacity to fight, but they also need to know who they are supposed to … the land are strengthened. Kate Lee is the group administrator of the Sustainable Markets Group . Find out more about their work. …
Insight, 14 November 2011
Partnership and participation are central to IIED's work: this exchange visit organised with our partners in Nepal allowed community foresters to share their experiences with civil society activists from the Lao PDR. (Photo: IIED)
How does IIED seek to make a difference?
… in our efforts to deliver on our mission "to build a fairer, more sustainable world using evidence, action and influence in partnership … lie as much in our ways of working as in the specific environment and development issues we address, or the types of outputs we produce: IIED … We are doing our job well if collaboration with IIED increases their capacity to operate effectively and to make progress towards their …
Insight, 24 April 2017
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… the agenda for protected areas conservation for the decade to come. Building on the theme 'Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions', the … and development, helping to address the gap in the conservation and sustainable development agenda. The importance of equity, governance and … of the Social Assessment of Protected Areas (SAPA) Initiative, this capacity building event focusd on these two key issues with regard to …
Event, 12 November 2014
A local blackout in Dar Es Salaam. Power outages in Tanzania's capital are often caused by old cables and transformers (Photo: jay grandin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Improving Tanzania’s power quality: can data help?
… reliability, and quality of service to track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 on energy access.  Next steps for … a strategy for greater public or political pressure, or strategically building capacity in individuals who can champion changes in how utilities and …
Insight, 29 June 2018
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… past, the different technical options – from rural electrification to sustainable agricultural practices – and potential success factors to … do we know about the role of the private sector here? Knowledge and capacity-building to build 'energy literacy' among local people is critical but …
Insight, 29 April 2014
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
Event, 01 December 2014