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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
… to help tell the story of our work  –  while not forgetting the more traditional and familiar printed and video formats. Below are 10 … stocks due to the effects of habitat destruction, over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was …
Insight, 12 January 2015
Boat surrounded by vegetation growing in the water near the river port of Vallemi.
Will Payments for Watershed Services fuel the protection of ecosystem services?
… to technology, knowledge of resources and investment capabilities. Traditional responses have included evictions and prohibitions that lay … For PWS to be effective, payments or rewards must translate into a change in the farmer’s behaviour that will, ultimately, affect the … funds from the private sector and the interest in synergies between climate mitigation and watershed services. As the levering capacity to …
Insight, 21 June 2013
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… that external actors respect community rules for access to their traditional knowledge and genetic resources  and for sharing the … strengthen biodiversity conservation efforts by communities, support climate change adaptation, and help to establish long-term partnerships between …
Insight, 02 October 2012
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
… between conservation, poverty and livelihoods, and another on using traditional knowledge to help people adapt to climate change. Controversial location The Congress is being held on the island …
Insight, 06 September 2012
Shift power to people to preserve natural world, urges report
… systems that provide the clean water, food, medicines and stable climate that are essential for human well-being. "Biodiversity is being … harm local livelihoods — as when people are excluded from performing traditional practices when areas become protected, despite their knowledge relating to the conservation and sustainable use of …
News, 08 October 2008
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… mechanisation — not an ideal combination for today's rapidly changing climate and tired soils. Low-income farmers already struggle to pay for … returns. What do we know about the role of the private sector here? Knowledge and capacity-building to build 'energy literacy' among local … if we want to achieve the broader goals of food security, climate change mitigation and improved livelihoods for all. Rebecca Trevalyan is …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… aims to address food security for the local and national population. Traditional cereal farming on rain-fed land is the main source of … sanitation practices, with a view to fostering long-term behavioural change, and Improve knowledge and methods of natural-resource … equipping and raising awareness of IWRM and the effects of climate change, especially among vulnerable groups Reducing pressure on …
Project, 16 February 2018
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… of global carbon emissions – was heralded as the easy win in UN climate change negotiations. Perhaps not… Humanity's ecological footprint … breathtaking pace and invested in capacity development – including in traditional agricultural knowledge, understory crops and eco-tourism. …
Insight, 20 December 2013