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Annual report 2009/10
… out the future to pay for the present. Featured project highlights Climate change Adaptation after Copenhagen:  in the Least Developed Countries, …
Page, 21 October 2010
Two men sat behind a desk chat to one another, with the Forest Governance Learning Group logo in the background
Forest Governance Learning Group
… trade in legal forest products, and Advocating for pro-poor climate change mitigation and adaptation through forestry. China's growing population provides a large …
Project, 07 September 2013
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined with the articulation between production …   Raising the profile of Gender and Generation: The role of the Climate Change Media Partnership : this paper details the initiatives … are taken into account in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal and investigates the opportunities …
Project, 26 April 2011
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… Using Ecosystems and Traditional Knowledge to Help People Adapt to Climate Change: Building the Evidence Base This workshop will evaluate the evidence base and examine the emerging role of ecosystem-based adaptation, agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge. Krystyna …
Event, 16 August 2012
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TAMD Meta-analysis findings from Appraisal and Design phase - Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan
… of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems across five Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) countries - Ghana, Kenya, … information services and institutional frameworks for addressing climate risks. This cross-country assessment explains the potential for … Climate change …
Publication, 01 June 2013
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… security by increasing productivity while at the same time being more climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable, and ensuring healthy and … farmers must experience an immediate benefit if they are going to change their practice. Only then can it be sustainable in the long term. … more consistent and avoiding duplication of efforts.    Increased policy support and leadership: Addressing technical and financial …
Insight, 20 May 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 … English language editions. This allowed us to change the way science, policy and agencies thought about pastoral development, and local …
Insight, 22 June 2015
An example of crops grown through no-till farming in Western Australia (Photo: Bill Crabtree)
Spreading the word about the no-till agricultural revolution
… much of the land in the state of Western Australia. Due to the arid climate and the large extent of wind erosion, the sandy soils were … and why conservation agriculture contributes to mitigate climate change. [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zFLNNH_sY] Bill shared … farming in Europe. Bill aims to share his experience and inform policy makers and other stakeholders about how no-till agriculture can …
Insight, 31 March 2014
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… the 38 indigenous peoples within the country. This oversees three new climate change mechanisms covering: Joint mitigation and adaptation (MCMA Non-forest mitigation (for example in energy and …
Insight, 25 November 2014
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… that drive biodiversity loss. Biocultural heritage territories A change in perspective is needed. In 2005, IIED and its partners … research with scientists have enhanced yields despite severe climate change impacts. And landscape-based biocultural products and … landscape, with support from the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy and the National Farmer Seed Network in China. Reviving the Naxi …
Insight, 18 February 2020