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Annual report 2009/10
… support networks and information hubs essential for resilience. Community-based conference:  IIED held its fourth international conference on … of the organisation that became the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, and helped to give rise to a …
Page, 21 October 2010
A view from distance of dozens of buildings in close proximity on a hill
Karachi, informal settlements and COVID-19
… could pick them up. There were still some accusations of distribution based on preference, although fewer. Where communities within informal … complained about these transactions since the office bearers of the community and the elders trusted those distributing the packages and … At that stage, a revitalised UC can, with the involvement of community institutions, launch a government-funded work programme to …
Insight, 06 May 2020
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… Kyem, Daniel Weiner, with Robert Chambers. PGIS is an evolved form of community mapping, the result of a spontaneous merger of Participatory … Rachel Olson, Julius Muchemi, Mike McCall and Robert Chambers. Tool-based case studies Using Community Information Systems to express … (CIFOR) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Environmental Research Mapping and Information Systems in Africa (ERMIS …
Article, 31 March 2006
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… expertise in different aspects of sustainable development, including community development, environmental management, climate change, energy, communications and the … has served as the Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre based in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He has also …
Article, 03 August 2015
An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
Insight, 17 December 2015
Bowls full of hilsa placed on a table
Investing in hilsa fishery as economic infrastructure for Bangladesh
… As part of the effort to enhance the effectiveness of the incentive-based management scheme and make the case for an increased investment in the … development, poverty alleviation, food security, conservation or environmental sustainability. An explicit understanding of the total …
Project, 29 June 2015
Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal. Photo: Sajal Sthapit
Forest businesses 'fit for life'
… held in Nepal (12-15 February 2013). Nepal is a world leader in community forestry, with roughly 18,000 groups established across 1.8 … not a future climate-related one). Priorities Inevitably, countries’ environmental, social and market contexts led them to different business … for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) ranked ecosystem-based agricultural cash crops first, alongside biomass energy briquette …
Insight, 18 February 2013
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
Event, 02 December 2018
Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue
… (ASM) is a complex development challenge, with social, economic, environmental and governance dimensions. ASM communities are hugely … act alone. Such change requires holistic, trust-building and rights-based responses with improved relations across the sector. Now is the … governance and livelihoods requires a multi-stakeholder response based on dialogue and action, informed by realities and stakeholders on …
Project, 05 February 2015
Logs from a community-managed forest in Ethiopia.
Rio+20: Forests form important foundation for a green economy
… Vietnam has spotted the potential and is driving the sustainable management and expansion of its forests.    Just prior to Rio+20, … with a much lower energy footprint than concrete alternatives. Wood-based, recyclable packaging materials are increasingly sophisticated. … nanotechnologies are being touted as the source of new wood-based products from cosmetics to construction. Forest industry’s role …
Insight, 26 June 2012