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Boat surrounded by vegetation growing in the water near the river port of Vallemi.
Will Payments for Watershed Services fuel the protection of ecosystem services?
… conversion of existing natural vegetation or promoting soil and water conservation measures) as proxy for watershed services. No blueprint … example, in Costa Rica farmers receive a continuous cash payment for conservation through renewable contracts; in Bolivia farmers receive …
Insight, 21 June 2013
The rich agro-biodiversity of the Eastern Himalayas (Photo: Nawraj Gurung)
Unmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP
News, 12 February 2015
A man waters seedlings at a nursery at the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary in Kenya managed by Wildlife Works Carbon.
Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
… Environment and Development (IIED), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature , the Food and Agriculture Organization and the …
News, 24 September 2012
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… and negative impacts of a protected area (PA) and any related conservation and development activities on the wellbeing of communities … living in and around the PA.  The methodology uses a combination of community workshops to identify significant social impacts; a short … provide the way forward for the green growth agenda . Meaningful community engagement in the extractive industries: stakeholder …
Article, 02 January 2017
A mountain gorilla
Bwindi: bees, baskets and brilliant guided walks
… From 2016 to 2019, we partnered with tourism professionals and local conservation and research organisations on a range of initiatives. We … in the project felt more positive towards the park than others in the community who had not been involved.  Our Bwindi trainees go from …
Insight, 27 June 2019
Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
… project and now works as a facilitator, teaching other members of the community about native tree species and how to grow them from seed. … the project came to Buffelsdraai, I never realised it would help the community,” said Ningi yesterday, before explaining that she has been … Today she manages the Trees for Life programme of the Wildlands Conservation Trust, the organisation that runs the reforestation at …
Insight, 08 December 2011
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
… in Mozambique to Yaeda Valley in Tanzania, activities have: Supported community land use planning Improved biomass supply chain Provided … companies to manage their forests sustainably, and Incentivised conservation agriculture.  REDD+ activities need to be strategically …
Insight, 17 December 2015
Cover for 6079IIED.pdf
RRA Notes 10: General issue
… to investigate highland farming, and in particular soil and water conservation, in Thailand. This issue also contains a two-page …
Publication, 01 February 1991
A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why social inclusion matters for green growth
… reduction, and sustainable use of natural resources. The global community has been making great strides in promoting green growth as a … a model for ecotourism that shares revenues locally and improves conservation. And strong public consultation in Mexico ensured that the … need leaders Taking these successes much further, in 2015 the global community achieved two landmarks for sustainable development. The …
Insight, 11 August 2016
IIED produced an animation to raise awareness of the SDGs and the potential of the new development agenda (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals for sustainable development
… of attention in the document to the role of local governments and community institutions in implementation raises questions about how the …
Insight, 02 September 2015