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A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
Project, 16 August 2013
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… and support from CGIAR's Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security programme (CCAFS) , we tested this framework with five different … Alliance (ACCRA) in Uganda  The Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (PACCA) in East Africa, and The Collaborative Adaptation … and decision making should be front and centre if flexible, process-based problem solving is to be effective.  We saw the five initiatives …
Insight, 16 March 2017
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CAMPFIRE and payments for environmental services
… for managing ecosystems and providing environmental services, and are based on the premise that positive incentives can lead to changes in land-use practices. The Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) is a longstanding … has been widely emulated in southern and eastern Africa. Under this programme, communities using land under communal tenure have been …
Publication, 01 July 2006
2009 Development and Climate Days film festival highlights
… change on vulnerable regions and population groups, as well as adaptation and action measures. Numerous film makers were present at D&C … development programme in southern Malawi, promoting the use of tree-based biofuels and their by-products.   Diffa: Les premiers matins du … on this page so go to our YouTube channel to see more. Related work Community based adaptation These short films explore the issue of …
Article, 22 July 2010
A woman miner in Tanzania, who features in a film on stories of change on artisanal and small-scale mining (Image: IIED)
Best of 2017: videos
… and French with English/French subtitles. Events: sharing projects on community-based adaptation Videos can kickstart discussion at conferences and workshops. …
Article, 12 January 2018
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… three new climate change mechanisms covering: Joint mitigation and adaptation (MCMA Non-forest mitigation (for example in energy and … challenge of representation is complicated on two fronts. First, many community-level organisations are not yet fully registered or legalised. … registration at community-level. Secondly, many of the community-based forest farm producer organisations have yet to develop their …
Insight, 25 November 2014
Participants around a table at D&C Days 2016 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Transparency and accountability in the Paris Agreement: eight questions climate negotiators must tackle
… the scale of estimated losses from climate impacts and international adaptation funding available to ameliorate expected damage is widening. … country delegations, including the LDCs and EU. We will develop web-based outputs that people can refer and respond to, while host partners, … private sector, the climate negotiators and the climate adaptation community. The host partners –  Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre , …
Insight, 23 October 2017
Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru demand indigenous approach to conservation
… heads IIED's sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and livelihoods programme. "It calls for the creation of democratic spaces for … of the Communities of the Potato Park, a pioneering example of community based conservation of agricultural biodiversity. Read the full text of …
News, 01 October 2009
People point to a computer screen.
ELLA - sharing Evidence and Lessons from Latin America
… that are a cross between an online learning programme and a community of practice. Each alliance starts with a moderated learning … from one of three regional centres of expertise. ( GRADE , a Lima-based think tank, covers economic development themes. Fundar , a Mexico … on extractive industries, citizen oversight, and climate change adaptation in semi-arid and arid regions, have just completed their …
Insight, 12 November 2012
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
… for their enforcement. Trust built between government and the community institutions then pays additional dividends, such as grazing … . This blog was originally posted on the G7 knowledge platform . The Adaptation Consortium is a partnership of six organisations, including … IIED, and is funded by DFID Kenya's StARK+ programme; Tanzania-based PO-RALG is funded by DFID Tanzania's AIM4Resilience programme; the …
Insight, 24 August 2016