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A brief history of biodiversity at IIED
… wildlife policy and commissioned IIED to undertake a review of community-based approaches to wildlife management. The resulting … biodiversity work ranges from agricultural biodiversity to apes, from climate change to conservation, and from market mechanisms to mainstreaming. It …
Article, 16 August 2013
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… that. The key is that evidence is used, that it influences positive change. That's what IIED's research evidence is all about, supporting … can be manipulative or extractive; when a consultant goes into a community to collect data for example, and treats people as passive … context? SD: Absolutely. We don't know what is going to happen with climate change: how fast it will happen or what the impacts will be. So …
Article, 14 March 2017
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 … and when urban women enjoy advantages over their rural counterparts; community savings schemes that build women’s leadership and support …
News, 10 April 2013
Cover for G03928.pdf
CBA9 conference proceedings
Publication, 01 May 2015
Cover for G03652.pdf
Table of contents: PLA 66 - Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.~• How a modified form of scoring, used within a livelihoods … framework, revealed how famine was averted in Southern Africa.~• How community-led action in India is improving animal health and work …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Annual report 2006/07
… 2006/07 Annual Report from IIED's Publications Library In 2007, as climate change rose to the top of every agenda, IIED played a major role in … NGOs, academia and the media for the second international workshop on community-based adaptation in Dhaka. Turning the climate lens on Latin …
Page, 16 April 2008
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… ecological know-how (to restore landscapes and adapt to and mitigate climate change); and social organisation (to maintain and enhance cultural … committee that ensures representatives of local forest family, community and indigenous rights-holder groups take control. FFF Phase I …
Project, 29 May 2014
What would sustainability in the North mean for development in the South?
Insight, 08 July 2010
Cover for 14620IIED.pdf
PLA66: Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. • How a modified form of scoring, used within a livelihoods … framework, revealed how famine was averted in Southern Africa. • How community-led action in India is improving animal health and work …
Publication, 01 September 2013
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… to focus attention on critical enablers and pathways to ocean-based economy the continent aspires to achieve. Africa's dependence on … of waste, or natural disasters may pose a more significant risk. Climate change and implications for (in)security  While I do not want to …
Insight, 13 October 2016