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REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable forest management, conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) has the potential … environmental safeguards are critical for securing the protection of community rights to: the land the forest is on products from the forests … in Mozambique. It’s important to involve different parts of the community in this process, including women who have important knowledge …
Insight, 17 November 2011
A man stands by a tree stump in Mozambique.
REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?
… of people in another proposed REDD+ pilot project, the Ongo Community Forest, and found that the government was the least-favoured … who are not deforesting by distributing payments to families and  community associations. The scheme combines cash payments to each household with  support to community level investments in social services and development of local …
Insight, 06 December 2012
Cover for G01760.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 Editorial for the 10th anniversary issue of PLA Notes
… first three articles: Bhattacharyya and Murray describe the use of community-based Welcome to the tenth anniversary issue of PLA assessment … Bangladesh of amongst practitioners, that this series has introducing community participation at the evolved into the PLA Notes that is … Based on experiences with REFLECT, this indigenous approaches to soil conservation. issue demonstrates how participation must This is followed …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Annual report 2009/10
… support networks and information hubs essential for resilience. Community-based conference:  IIED held its fourth international conference on community-based climate change adaptation on a front line of the problem … Learning Groups were having big impacts on policy. The poverty-conservation link:  at an IIED-led conference on the links between …
Page, 21 October 2010
Three men look out over a pond
China in the world
Article, 01 August 2019
People walk along a river bank, with cattle in the water in front and fields behind
Why we need to plug the climate information gap in social protection schemes
Insight, 15 July 2020
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… of central Mali, 35% of pumps are broken. The root cause is the water community's failure to plan for the maintenance of the infrastructure in … out in collaboration with CARE UK , the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) . …
Project, 05 August 2013
IIED research associate Nathalie Seddon discusses nature-based solutions to climate change in a video interview (Photo: IIED)
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
… said: “There's a real sense of a growing consensus in the adaptation community, that nature – that working with, enhancing, restoring, nature … policy. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports the IKI on the basis of a …
News, 10 August 2018
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… climate change impacts on mountain livelihoods and strategies for community based adaptation. IIED, ANDES and UNDP. Saturday 6 December …
News, 27 November 2014
Cover for G01699.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 Theatre for development, participatory monitoring and cultural feedback
… `The prodigal returns' or `how to bring partnership with SOS Sahel's Community up your children' Environment Project. The Bobo are an … in town. He even has a radio. He bears no expertise in soil and water conservation and substantial gifts for his parents who had waited … the fighting with one another. The man accused mood and views of the community. The TFD the woman of being soft: `Whenever I tried to …
Publication, 01 January 1997