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An image from the fiscal tools animation, that was screened at the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi (Image: IIED/Nice and Serious)
IIED animation: using fiscal policy tools to create a sustainable future for ocean and people
… How a new global treaty could end lawlessness that threatens conservation of the high seas …
News, 28 November 2018
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… of marginalised women working with the programme created a community grain fund to distribute locally-grown, drought-tolerant … in fragile agro-ecosystems. In Peru, work was carried out to link community conserved areas, including the Potato Park, into ‘food … on-going project, with some chapters yet to be completed. Farm seed conservation in Europe In recent years, the demand for speciality and …
Project, 14 August 2013
Cover for G01548.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City
… Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human … The Settlers Union of San Miguel Teotongo has worked to develop a Community organisations in low-income urban Neighbourhood1 Plan for … PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Plan Vivo partners at a conference in Sweden commit to actively engage in the implementation and accountability of the SDGs (Photo: Plan Vivo Foundation)
The SDGs speak and we like what we hear
Insight, 15 October 2015
Deforestation and fire ravage a forest area in Uganda (Photo: Paul Hatanga)
Random trials in Uganda to show if payments for ecosystems services really work
… region, forests are shrinking fast. A recent study led by Wildlife Conservation Society estimates that within 15 years, there will be none … documents. This raises the risk of land related conflicts. To build community-level confidence and ensure payments would go to rightful land … worked with local village leaders and monitors selected from each community. They worked to confirm and document land ownership, mapping …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Sustainable tourism
… it. Publications: Development AND Gorillas? : a range of “integrated conservation and development” strategies have been applied in and around … of a study which tested the effectiveness of these strategies. Community management of natural resources in Africa : This review provides an unprecedented pan-African synthesis of Community Based Natural Resource Management. CAMPFIRE and payments for …
Article, 21 June 2011
Cover for 10104IIED.pdf
Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development in Ethiopia
Publication, 01 December 2014
A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
… tourism development professionals loose in a forest. Too often, community-based tourism initiatives are developed by NGOs and, while … the Ugandan research organisation the Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation revealed that many of these local people – particularly the … closest to the forest – had a negative attitude to the park and to conservation. This was largely because they felt that conservation was …
Insight, 27 October 2017
The new Guardians of Diversity film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
News, 10 November 2014
Watch an animation produced by IIED to highlight its sustainable fisheries work
Inspiring action for sustainable fisheries: Today and the future
… publication last year of Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation, a book edited by Essam Yassin Mohammed — a researcher in …
News, 28 March 2014