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Unleashing the economic power of forest lands through producer organisations
… role despite the fact that there are around one billion smallholders, indigenous people and local community members owning one quarter of the … restoration," says Chris Buss, Deputy Director of IUCN’s Forest and Climate Change Programme. Many of the obstacles that producers face can be …
News, 05 December 2013
United Nations decision prompts potato celebration in Peru
… varieties at the ‘Potato Park’, an innovative collaboration between indigenous communities and the International Potato Center, a globally … because intellectual property rights, neoliberal development models, climate change and genetically modified crops all pose threats to the culture, …
News, 31 October 2007
Negotiations went long into the night at COP20 in Lima, Peru, but the road to dignity seems no clearer (Photo: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel, via Creative Commons)
Can the road to Paris lead to the road to dignity?
… agreement at the post-2015 summit and the agreement of a post-2020 climate regime at COP21 in Paris next December. (He doesn't mention the … dignity I saw at the Lima COP was at a press conference of Peruvian indigenous leaders. An indigenous woman told an almost empty room how … shows that the evidence backs this up: where indigenous peoples have legal rights to their forest, protected by government …
Insight, 15 December 2014
The Forest and Farm Facility Vietnam team displays new forest and farm products and knowledge from work with Forest and Farm Producer Organisation businesses (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mass mobilisation: boosting businesses and protecting forests
… partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord contributing to the climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods demanded by the … its real constituency are the women and men, smallholder families, indigenous peoples and local communities with strong relationships to … adopted improved practice, design, plans or systems.  This is real change for hundreds of thousands of people: ranges of increased …
Insight, 20 March 2018
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… stocks due to the effects of habitat destruction, over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was … COP20 planned final text just before the conclusion of the summit. Indigenous imagery Our work alongside partners to profile indigenous …
Insight, 12 January 2015
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… for forest protection. It is endorsed by three major alliances of indigenous peoples, forest communities and private family smallholders … Chris Buss, Senior Programme Officer for IUCN’' Global Forest and Climate change Programme “Investors are increasingly aware they must respect …
News, 07 September 2012
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… too high. The challenge is to build strong producer organisations and change the perceptions of all involved. NP: What are the underlying … organisation types. For example, finance could be directed to indigenous peoples’ organisations in natural forests for territorial … in sustainable development and food security and to address climate change. CIFOR leads FTA in partnership with Bioversity …
Article, 12 March 2019
Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option
… Pimbert , is an agricultural system that combines modern science with indigenous knowledge systems. These agroecological models would mimic … sustainable agricultural systems that can withstand stresses such as climate change requires linking agricultural and ecological practices more …
Insight, 05 April 2012
A native bird in Costa Rica found in a payments for environmental services project run by IIED and FONAFIFO (Photo Ina Porras)
Who will pay for ecosystem services?
… while coexisting with forests and other natural ecosystems. Indigenous communities and small farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, have been … benefits include cleaner water, more biodiverse habitats and climate regulation, thanks to the carbon the trees stores in their wood. … like carbon-neutral pledges and international agreements on climate change and biodiversity are also slowly creating funding opportunities …
Insight, 28 January 2014
Delivering REDD+: can past lessons help in tempering optimism and making headway?
… has been raised by the recognition of their role in mitigating climate change . But the International Year of Forests is a momentous reminder … land use change. Identifying the right claimants is critical. While indigenous and forest-dependent communities, private sector actors and …
Insight, 09 May 2011