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The sky is visible through a forest
Exploring why people eat wild meat – and designing better alternatives
… and People wanted projects that targeted households rather than community cooperative projects due to conflicts and mistrust within the community. People also cited concerns over fair distribution and … projects, ready to use by September 2020. We’ll be working with conservation and development practitioners across sub-Saharan Africa and …
Insight, 29 July 2020
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Insight, 26 September 2019
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Cost–benefit analysis of mangrove restoration in Thi Nai Lagoon, Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
… eco-aquaculture, ecotourism, fuelwood collection, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and shoreline stabilisation. Mangrove …
Publication, 01 October 2013
Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Business as usual – or business with purpose?
… , which commits them to balancing profit and social impact.  And even community-led and micro-businesses are assessing where their businesses … learning on how to attract private investment into environmental conservation measures such as marine protected areas, which underpin …
Insight, 17 April 2019
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IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020
… from COVID-19. See what happened at the event     Related reading :  Community solutions for a nature-based, resilient future beyond COVID-19 … GCA/WRI    Locally led adaptation is action planned by local actors (community-based organisations, citizens groups, local government, local … change, IIED; Musonda Kapena, director/registered trustee, Namfumu Conservation Trust; Sima Kammourieh, senior policy advisor, E3G. The …
Event, 17 November 2020
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Financing REDD: how government funds can work with the carbon market
Publication, 01 March 2009
A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
… the wildlife-based land reform programme and its impact on wildlife conservation and the tourism industry; the shortage of funds for … are only found in that area. But they are threatened by a growing community cutting down trees to clear spaces for crops," she said. When … show featured guests including Kangata, Chief Nhema from the Shurugwi community and local people from around Mount Chirinda. It covered topics …
Article, 21 March 2016
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Man speaking in front of a wall that reads "UN Climate Change Conference UK 2020"
UK aid cuts threaten climate leadership role of COP26 president
Insight, 30 March 2021
Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia
… grounds to help boost fish stocks. They have also supplied five community gardens with solar-powered boreholes to support crop … EbA interventions have boosted farmer incomes and enhanced community resilience.  Accessing international climate finance The … in agricultural areas, community-managed forest reserves and wildlife conservation areas – building the climate-resilience of rural Gambian …
Insight, 22 June 2017