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Indigenous communities sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, near Cusco, Peru. Credit: Asociacion ANDES
Traditional innovation in farming is under threat
… not fit easily into policy frameworks. But its value will grow as the climate changes and population increases bring more mouths to feed. Yet … India, Kenya and Peru, are working on a Smallholder Innovation for Resilience programme (SIFOR), researching local innovation systems … local innovation Governments and donors invest millions to deliver 'climate smart agriculture'. Yet indigenous farming practices already …
Insight, 02 October 2013
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IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… Summit: Biological and Cultural Diversity for Biodiversity and Human Resilience Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris … results from the Potato Park and the Indigenous Peoples Biocultural Climate Change Assessment, Peru The Darwin Initiative – past, present … the Darwin Initiative in addressing topics such as biodiversity and climate change, marine and coastal biodiversity, invasive alien species …
Event, 17 November 2018
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes Research report Forest business incubation … forest economies, increasing rural incomes and improving climate resilience. IIED has been studying how different organisations …
Article, 21 December 2018
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
Insight, 07 June 2013
More people, more trees
… to make rural livelihoods more resilient to the likely impacts of climate change in the years to come. Watch the video trailer above and …
Insight, 29 October 2010
UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
… solutions can help poor people adapt to, and mitigate the effects of, climate change. For example, preserving trees and maintaining … while diverse traditional crops often prove to be more resilient to climate and weather variation.   Nature-based solutions can also provide … the trade-offs There can be trade-offs between meeting conservation, climate and development goals – particularly if they are considered in …
Article, 16 August 2013
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… for four years, collecting household data on livelihoods, assets, climate, land use, water and livestock. This research became my PhD … a lot which I can celebrate, thanks to the energy, ambition and deep partnerships of my colleagues – which include investing in locally … soil, and forests in providing livelihoods and conferring ecological resilience.  There will be plenty to keep my successor busy! Camilla …
Insight, 22 June 2015
Houses teeter on the edge of a river in Indonesia.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
… by the work of the many federations of slum/shack dwellers , the partnerships they have forged with local governments, and the funds they … ability of future generations to meet their needs. 5: And what about climate change? Somehow the issue of climate change got left out of the MDGs and their targets. Oddly enough, building resilience to the impacts of climate change is dependent on building …
Insight, 01 August 2012
Poultry farming is part of the sustainable agriculture system, along with crop production and fisheries, at Songhai Centre, in Porto Novo, Benin (Photo: Mark Surman via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
LDC experts to share ideas on building productive capacity
… help these countries integrate in the global economy, adapt and build resilience to climate change, foster inclusive and equitable growth, create decent … and energy to transform their economies;  Foster stronger global partnerships for LDCs for improved trade, better development finance, …
Insight, 25 July 2014
Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
… sustainably managing or enhancing forests, as a means of mitigating climate change. REDD+ evolved rapidly in several countries supported … implementing voluntary instruments and complying with legislation. Climate change resilient cocoa will be crucial to the bottom line for …
Project, 12 September 2013