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Table of contents: PLA 66 - 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
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is growing rapidly. Urban ARK is exploring the varied vulnerabilities of boys and girls from conflict-displaced and host communities (Photo: Jean Rebiffé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
… cities. The partnership involved 12 policy and academic institutions, led by Kings College London, which sought to open up an applied research … evolved in the context of urban growth and alteration, poverty and climate change. An essential component of Urban ARK was building a community of researchers and practitioners capable of recognising and …
Project, 21 December 2016
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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
Immaculate Yossa is regional advocacy officer for Eastern Africa at Hivos. She discussed key messages from multi-stakeholder action at the Uganda Food Lab (Photo: Food and Agriculture Organisation, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Achieving real transformation in our food system
Insight, 23 October 2018
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises. 10 Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal … toolkit provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable ecosystems: …
Article, 21 December 2018
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… and marine ecosystems is often understated or ignored. This has led to overexploitation and degradation of the resource, reducing the … of waste, or natural disasters may pose a more significant risk. Climate change and implications for (in)security  While I do not want to … align Africa's maritime security with climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions in the continent and beyond.  Essam Yassin …
Insight, 13 October 2016
The slogan on a woman T-shirt in Kitwe, Zambia - emblazoned with 'Addressing water and sanitation challenges through city-wide partnerships' - highlights the community-led approach (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Local funds allow informal-settlement residents to shape development
… side event organised with partners. Part of the answer could lie in community finance. What is community finance? Across towns and cities in … designed to show the local authority the potential of community-led development has led to new secure homes for 50 families. In Jinja, … arising from climate change. Much of the 'heavy lifting' of urban adaptation will be done by the people who live in these settlements. Yet …
Insight, 01 November 2016
What would sustainability in the North mean for development in the South?
… if they are to assume their responsibilities for mitigating climate change. But what consequences would this have for the global South? Will … countries. Due South has already shown that while the recession led to reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the EU , it also harmed the … Climate change …
Insight, 08 July 2010
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… International Potato Centre to restore native varieties. It has also led to conservation of Andean wildlife, crop diversity and water across … research with scientists have enhanced yields despite severe climate change impacts. And landscape-based biocultural products and … by the NGO Asociaciόn ANDES . This approach has built strong community ownership and self-sustainability. My PhD explores whether and …
Insight, 18 February 2020
The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))
Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results
… that are crucial for strengthening resilience in the face of climate change. But this traditional knowledge and genetic diversity are … in New Zealand indicates that a decentralised verification system, led by indigenous peoples, can generate positive economic, environmental … genetic diversity and traditional knowledge, support climate change adaptation and end hunger, including the Sustainable Development Goals. …
Insight, 16 January 2017