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IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… Greta Thunberg April:  IIED director Andrew Norton hailed the 2019 climate protests as a moment of hope.  Norton said big shifts in world … are reached, Chinese businesses – the key driver of land use change in Africa – could also bring major innovations for sustainable … than 240 tools and methods relevant to ecosystem-based adaptation. Indigenous peoples and local communities have been working with nature …
Article, 27 December 2019
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Biocultural Adaptation in Mountain Communities: Third INMIP International Learning Exchange, Stone Village, China
… The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) aims to support capacity development for climate change adaptation through community-to-community exchange of knowledge …
Publication, 01 October 2016
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Crucial conversations: our favourite five
… country to build up their knowledge about the causes and impacts of climate change so they can fully engage in the youth-led climate action across … community-based adaptation. This year, the conference welcomed more indigenous voices than ever before. We shared their insights globally by …
Insight, 10 March 2020
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… Indigenous farmers from Bhutan and China visited the Andean Potato Park … project is working with traditional farmers in areas vulnerable to climate change to identify, conserve and spread resilient crop varieties and …
News, 16 February 2015
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… applied in various contexts was also highlighted. It brought together climate scientists, adaptation practitioners, policymakers, and private … and IIED work. Related reading: Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation  | Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: … opportunity to share the experiences of existing networks involving Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and the importance of …
Event, 01 September 2016
Cooperative members at the Federation of Cooperatives of the Verapaces nursery in Cobán, Guatemala operate a compost packing machine. FEDECOVERA oversees the production of cardamom, allspice, coffee, tea, cocoa, essential oils, grains and vegetables (Photo: Juan José Ochaeta/FEDECOVERA)
IIED marks international forests day with major new research report and toolkit
… forest economies, increasing rural incomes and improving climate resilience. Peter de Marsh, chair of the International Family … represent smallholders, rural women's groups, local communities and indigenous peoples. But in this new phase, FFF will help forge concrete links between FFPOs with climate change and forest landscape restoration programmes, and help FFPOs …
News, 21 March 2018
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… on ‘Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry’ between financiers and indigenous people, community foresters and family forest smallholders … ranging from improving food security to mitigating and adapting to climate change in a range of global forums and events. Peter’s sharp intellect …
News, 14 March 2019
New website shows how nature plus culture equals resilience
… people around the world, and will be critical to how they respond to climate change and other environmental challenges. To shine a light on this way … tend to protect only the intellectual part of TK systems. For indigenous peoples, though, knowledge cannot be separated from the …
News, 18 May 2011
Policy-makers discussing, reflecting, learning and building skills and capacities for climate adaptation at village-level. All key social learning activities. (Photo: E. van de Grift)
Social learning event features case studies from around the world
… present their project activities. In two days we went through 11 climate change projects with social learning approaches embedded in them . Why a … resource management. The focus is on recognising the dynamics of indigenous knowledge and building on farmers' own capacities, which is … Climate change …
Insight, 04 August 2014
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… diets. But these important and diverse rural citizens – particularly Indigenous peoples (whose food systems are vital to feeding humanity ) – … at the local and national levels, they can be a powerful tool for change. For example, the 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible … hold the potential to resolve key food systems challenges amid the climate emergency and help advance sustainable food systems worldwide …
Insight, 10 December 2020