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Understanding disruptive change is vital for Southern civil society organisations, and organisations such as IIED can help partners (Image: IIED)
Mapping the disruptive change ecosystem for Southern CSOs
… innovation out of organisational experiences of disruption. CSO-led innovation in relation to the new generation of technology-driven …
Insight, 21 December 2016
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
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
Business models for sustainable development
Article, 10 May 2010
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… was aimed at restoring watershed services to the city. These actions led to the restoration of the Tijuca Forest, ultimately inaugurated as … 2,500 trees and their surrounding habitat, inside a 7.000 hectare community forest reserve. Brazil nuts are processed through a small oil … extractivist-colonists. However, the Cinta Larga indigenous community, along with their legally-protected forest land (2.5 million …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Manganese mining in Gabon (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)
… refining, and the use and disposal of minerals have in some instances led to significant local environmental and social damage. It is not … sustainable development. A team of IIED researchers reviewed existing initiatives and materials, and consulted more than 150 separate …
Project, 03 March 2009
Can hunting wildlife contribute to biodiversity conservation?
… is the role hunting can play in generating much-needed revenue for community-driven conservation initiatives. One of the most well-known community-managed programmes is … Preservationist thought throughout the twentieth century led to the establishment of national parks in Africa where wildlife was …
Insight, 19 November 2010
The Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India) Trust offers savings, loans and micro credit schemes (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)
People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
… and a shared sense of belonging to that place. So, how do you bring a community together in a slum where people aren’t allowed to ‘belong’ … facing the community. The first problem was piles of garbage which led to high numbers of mosquitoes. One Saturday he encouraged the … and active Federation, but also critical to take pro-poor development initiatives to scale.” These organisations prove that the urban poor can …
Insight, 17 October 2011
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… and citizens, review processes must incorporate rigorous, country led evaluations that examine policy and programme implementation and … 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 traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… on understanding equity in NRM has focused on ecosystems services and initiatives to better manage and conserve ecosystem services such as … Whakatane Mechanism, and Social Assessment of PAs (which is currently led by IIED).    An ad-hoc group of workshop participants with a … international development experience? , Maryanne Grieg-Gran Nepal's community forestry (CF) and lessons on equity , Nya Sharma Paudel, …
Insight, 11 May 2015