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Resource scouts such as Abdelkader, pictured in the Ewaso Ng'iro river bed, Isiolo County, gauge how best to use dry-season grazing areas (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
The economics of local adaptation in the dryland ecosystems of Isiolo County
… that the ecosystem remained a source of the "services" the local community depended upon, including food, water and fibre for human use, …
Insight, 22 April 2015
Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
… of forest dependent people GFP had therefore invited various local community groups representing indigenous peoples, tribal peoples, … to this series of dialogues. Among them were The Global Alliance of Community Forestry, GACF , The International Alliance of Tribal and … World Bank, and currently involves the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International Institute for …
Insight, 17 January 2011
Fishermen along the Meghna Rover (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
Want to know how to save a fish species? Ask a fisher
… a stocky and well dressed man with a neatly trimmed orange beard, who community members have recently elected to help manage the landing site. … fishing.  First he told me that, under Bangladesh's Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, if the authorities find anyone using the …
Insight, 08 June 2014
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… Coordination Unit, with the support of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and IIED.  Related resources TV report by …
News, 16 December 2015
A fish market in Vĩnh Trường, Vietnam. More than 300 million people are directly or indirectly employed by the fisheries sector, and must be addressed by the oceans SDG (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A sustainable ocean by 2030
… year brings in a new era for the world's oceans as the global community signs up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 14 …
Insight, 14 September 2015
Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… I would like to transfer my knowledge to as many people in my community as possible.” Hellen Sally Akumu , 28, is a farmer and diet … “I make decisions about what I will plant based on environmental conservation, income generation, good diet and nutrition. Drought, weeds … wants to encourage people to eat local foods. “Making people in the community aware of the benefits of local, indigenous foods is the first …
Insight, 24 October 2019
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
Insight, 10 September 2015
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… Locally Controlled Forestry” [PDF] , launched today at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, shows that with the right processes in place, and …
News, 07 September 2012
Mobile phones being sold in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Access to information and new technologies will be key to help delivering transformational change to the world's poorest countries (Photo: ConDev Center, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Painting a new picture of development
News, 17 June 2016
PLA 28: Methodological Complementarity
… Contents Editorial A 'proper household': exploring household and community dynamics in South Africa Edward D. Breslin and Peter Delius … farmer selection for green manure Alsen Oduwo Folklore and conservation in Nigeria: using PRA to learn from the elders Ichire … Participatory research and ecological economics for iodiversity conservation in Vanuatu Luca Tacconi Mixing and matching methodologies …
Article, 01 February 1997