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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 tanker delivers water to residents in Retiro, a shanty town in Buenos Aires (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Urban water and sanitation
… Karachi in Asia. Learning from such efforts is critical, for other community-driven initiatives, but also for supportive governments and NGOs.   Within the SHARE consortium on sanitation led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, we have … with affiliates of Shack/Slum Dwellers International , to support community-led action research, leading towards city-wide strategies of …
Project, 01 September 2014
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… Park biocultural heritage territory. The park is an effective community-led genetic reserve for in situ conservation of potato diversity and … and Indigenous knowledge for monitoring in situ potato diversity and adaptation to climate change. Session details: Wednesday, 1 November …
Event, 30 October 2017
Flooding
2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries
Insight, 08 April 2021
Cover for 14620IIED.pdf
PLA66: Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… Islands has generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. • How a modified form of scoring, used … framework, revealed how famine was averted in Southern Africa. • How community-led action in India is improving animal health and work practices. • How …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their …
Event, 16 April 2018
A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
… and other pressures. Despite their critical importance for adaptation, very little has been invested to sustain these areas of … to strengthen local innovation systems and rights, including community seed banks and registers, novel biocultural products, … innovations and innovation conditions. It also supported the ANDES-led International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples . Conclusions …
Project, 16 August 2013
Screenshots from IIED best videos
IIED's best of 2020: videos
Insight, 30 December 2020
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar
… a transboundary hilsa fisheries management plan.   Through research led by scientists from Yangon University, the project improved … management system. Although COVID-19 and recent political events have led to many uncertainties in Myanmar, this project has created an … by the recommended closed seasons, and generated support at the community level. With this local ownership, the recommended reforms …
Project, 30 October 2017
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A house with many rooms: Addressing loss and damage from climate change
Insight, 04 September 2013