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Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… This project collaborated directly with local farming and indigenous communities in regenerating … for tackling agricultural challenges, including those brought by climate change. After this initiative came to an end, IIED support continued … Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity …
Project, 15 August 2013
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… oceans' by 2050 and millions of livelihoods lost unless there is a change in current trends. This report sets out a clear and … key positions of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in climate change negotiations Ahead of the UN climate summit in New York …
Article, 29 December 2014
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
… Chairman of the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - says that without immediate action, global warming is set to reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, … Climate change …
News, 19 November 2007
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… range of issues relating to water across the globe. This year's theme is 'Water for Sustainable Growth', with water seen as central to all the … price for big dams , by Jamie Skinner Publications The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) , a partner of IIED, is building the …
Article, 24 August 2016
CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
Project, 05 September 2008
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
Article, 14 November 2008
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
… unified way. Through building this framework and finding appropriate climate change-related case studies to evaluate, we, the Climate Change and … the event – how complex social learning and its many dimensions is  –  many of the conference participants agreed that we need to … Climate change …
Insight, 14 July 2014
The Bekily sapphire site is located in the commune of Ambinany, in Toliara, bordering the National Park of Zombitse-Vohibasia (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)
In pictures: Dialogues and pilot projects for better ASM governance in Madagascar
… for socio-economic development in Madagascar. The sector is an important source of employment: about a million people are … farms in or around national parks and protected areas. In addition, climate change is also putting pressure on the country's unique biodiversity and …
Insight, 15 March 2017
Participants in IIED's 2015 Communications Learning Week join in a session on audience mapping (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Effective policy influence with a four-point plan
… our partners.  This 'coal face' experience, gained over many years, is invaluable and provides real practical insights into how we need to … is essential to support citizen empowerment linked to policy change. Our comms learning week colleagues endorsed the view that media … Haque, communications coordinator at the International Centre for Climate Change and development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, has recently been …
Insight, 20 May 2015
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… future'. Congress objectives The congress aimed to: Clarify why it is so important to recognise forests and forestry as an integral part of … and Forests (RECOFTC), ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), Community-based Forestry Supporter's Network Nepal …
Event, 07 September 2015