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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
… farmers exchange for mutual learning on privatisation of knowledge and seeds in Nyeleni, Mali, in 2009 A farmers’ cultural and … for tackling agricultural challenges, including those brought by climate change. After this initiative came to an end, IIED support continued …
Project, 15 August 2013
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PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… indigenous peoples – directly depend on biodiversity and related traditional knowledge for their livelihoods, food security, healthcare and … But with the loss of biodiversity, valuable resources such as climate-resilient crops, medicinal plants and wild foods are being lost. …
Article, 31 May 2012
Transforming agri-food research for citizen participation and the public good
… agendas and in defining strategic priorities and science policy knowledge generation and research methodology according to different … a workshop held at Terra Preta (PDF 121K) : Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty, 1 - 4 June, 2008, Città …
Article, 15 July 2009
Report warns of future food crises in Africa's poorest nations
… lack rights and access to healthcare, education and property, and traditional ways of life are being eroded. "Poor farmers and herders buy … of the Observatory of the Sahel and Sahara in Tunisia, warns that climate change could make people in the Sahel even more vulnerable to food …
News, 10 July 2007
Major deposit in biodiversity bank to protect future of food
… diversity on which global agriculture depends, from threats such as climate change. An association of Peruvian indigenous communities is sending its … potatoes that the farmers have maintained and from their associated traditional knowledge." Tom van der Lee, Advocacy & Campaigns Director …
News, 22 February 2011
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… will demonstrate nature-based solutions to global challenges such as climate change, health and supporting human life. The work of IIED Members of … Park (India). Biocultural heritage territories protect indigenous and traditional land tenure, and use land culture to achieve simultaneous …
Event, 12 November 2014
Farmers sort tomatoes in Ethiopia.
How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
… farmers should contribute to food security, cut poverty and adapt to climate change. Much of the advice sees small-scale farmers as entrepreneurs who … consumers, and even for the emergent middle classes, the informal and traditional markets remain crucial. Easy access, both for trading and …
Insight, 28 November 2012
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… the debate on land use, particularly with a view to protecting the climate and nature. Of course the key is to also safeguard the interests … projects in Africa are a form of "green grabbing", using climate change mitigation as a conduit, while profit making is the overarching … Their recommendations are clear: abandon carbon forestry and pursue traditional livelihood and integrated rural development approaches, …
Insight, 23 December 2015
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… and smallholder farmers in China, India, Kenya and Peru to revitalise traditional knowledge-based — or ' biocultural heritage '-based — … systems in order to strengthen food security in the face of climate change. Our legal tools team works with practitioners who are developing …
Article, 22 April 2014
REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… financing alone will not foot the annual bill. According to the Climate change: Financing Global Forests review it will reach US $17 – 33 … example, Ghana gives prominence to customary tenure and the role of traditional authorities, while Tanzania enacted the Village Land Act to …
Insight, 17 November 2011