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The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
Project, 04 September 2018
Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
Article, 03 December 2020
A small town sits beside a river with mountains in the background
Protecting and restoring critical water related ecosystems in mountains: the role of Indigenous Peoples and biocultural territories in mountain ecosystems
… communities face growing pressures from unsustainable development and environmental degradation. This side event at the UN 2023 Water … as forests, glaciers, rivers and lakes) and downstream communities, based on global scientific studies and observations by IP and LCs. It … agroecological practices; drought-tolerant crops; and customary water management systems. The event was organised by IIED, Asociacion ANDES …
Event, 24 March 2023
The field team designing a REDD strategy talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their field research in Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique .Photo by Mike Goldwater
Inclusive environmental investments
… poverty at the same time. This links with our work on payments for environmental services and previous work on company-community partnerships. In looking at how to make REDD+ processes more … policy and institutional frameworks exist to enable this to happen . Based on this analysis, what are the key issues arising from this …
Project, 07 September 2013
Man looks at two chimpanzees on a forest path
Q&A: New policy champions communities in the push to conserve Uganda’s wildlife
… George Owoyesigire (GO) is director of the community conservation sub-directorate of the Uganda Wildlife Authority … in community engagement and benefit-sharing programmes. A community-based wildlife crime prevention action plan has been created for Queen … no tourists at all. Similarly, the Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development (KAFRED) around Bigodi village Kibale National …
Article, 21 July 2020
Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania
… Delegates at the meeting formally launched a Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation, with the International Institute for Environment and … now." "The vast experiences of vulnerable communities in coping with environmental stresses can be very relevant to other communities who … Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania …
News, 01 March 2010
A stone gabion constructed to control erosion across a gully in the Namaqualand region. (Photo: Halcyone Muller / Conservation South Africa)
EbA Evidence and Policy: South Africa
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem … sharing experiences of how the implementation of EbA contributed to community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic . We also contributed … African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) have developed guidelines for EbA which we …
Project, 31 May 2018
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Alam, Rachel Berger,  Terry Cannon, Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those working … farming communities in mitigating the food and climate crises. Global Environmental Change and Food  Systems (GECAFS) International, … PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change …
Article, 01 December 2009
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
… to build resilience to the effects of climate change. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is one such strategy: the sustainable management … and why, and little consolidated evidence on the social, economic and environmental benefits.  And there is scant information on how EbA … and communities from climate change risks, and work to increase community resilience in Southwest China through participatory plant …
Insight, 13 January 2017
Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.
Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships
… collaboration requires the removal of power injustices and must be based on a shared understanding of equity and fairness. Reimagining … will analyse and address colonial perspectives and other social and environmental injustices in our partnership practice. We aim to define … communities of practice, including IIED Debates , conferences on community-based adaptation and the Development and Climate Days …
Project, 27 October 2022