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Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia
Insight, 22 June 2017
Aerial view of informal settlement
Reducing urban poverty – lessons not learnt?
… have so few of these people actually benefited from poverty reduction initiatives? Why have most aid agencies given this such a low priority? … finance through local institutions to engage with and support community-led development, as in the work of the Akiba Mashinani Trust in Kenya. …
Insight, 10 August 2021
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Crucial conversations: our favourite five
… and kicked off a monthly Facebook blog series. We focused calls for blogs on the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania where young … and impacts of climate change so they can fully engage in the youth-led climate action across the globe. In another contribution Joanes Ooko … blogged about his vision to expand a new tree-planting initiative . A community tree planting event (Photo: copyright Brian Ochieng Otieno, …
Insight, 10 March 2020
Delegates discuss the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund at the Bangladesh workshop. The fund is part of work to enhance the effectiveness of incentive-based fisheries management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Conservation trust fund proposed to help Bangladesh increase fish stocks
… national fish, the hilsa. The fund will work by improving incentives for sustainable fisheries management.  Bangladesh's Minister of … a million people depend on it for their livelihood. Over-fishing has led to fears of a collapse in fish stocks.   The Bangladeshi government … for selection are complex and less transparent for the fishing community. This will allow the fishers to view the compensation …
News, 11 June 2015
Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… For resource-rich developing countries, the mining industry is often one … drivers of development and economic growth. But policy and planning initiatives designed to harness the sector's potential are frequently … Learning from the Ghana experience – where insufficient financing led to delays – more effort is being made to ensure the Tanzanian LLG's …
Insight, 26 February 2018
The Sustainable diets for all programme recognises that people – with their capacity to innovate and power to drive change – must be at the centre of efforts to reshape our failing food systems (Photo: © Mauricio Panozo of Lucano photography. Bolivia, La Paz)
How people are providing evidence, and influencing to get food policies that work for them
… in their daily lives. IIED, Hivos and partners are taking a citizen-led approach to food research and policy-making as part of the Sustainable Diets for All programme . We are working with civil society organisations … from the status quo where low income citizens are often suspicious of initiatives that seek to 'improve' the food system of the poor – many …
Insight, 26 April 2018
An image of Mohammad Sayedul Haque, the Bangladesh Minister of Fisheries and Livestock alongside a table around which sit participants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and India as they discuss sustainable hilsa fishery management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Scientists call for international collaboration to safeguard hilsa fish stocks
… This video looks at efforts to encourage sustainable fisheries in Bangladesh Scientists, academics and officials called for regional collaboration on safeguarding vital fish stocks in the Bay … communities in India and Myanmar. Overfishing and loss of habitat has led to declining stocks: once plentiful and affordable even for the …
News, 06 May 2016
A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.
Legal empowerment as action research
… identify and confront the deeper drivers of marginalisation. Nepal’s Community Self-Reliance Centre supports small-scale farmers and the … and facilitating dialogue with parliament and government. Many initiatives pursue several objectives at once. Years ago, I collaborated … Even when facilitated by external professionals, the reflecting is led by the people whose rights are most directly at stake. Often called …
Insight, 11 January 2022
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… to take place in the continent, brought together the global forestry community to review and analyse the key issues and to share ways of … world that will be launched. A short film preceded a panel discussion led by Forest Connect alliance members (an alliance in support of … and what lessons we can learn regarding the challenges, successes, initiatives, policies and strategies that have helped them more …
Event, 07 September 2015
A Conservancy Rhino Ranger in Namibia stands proudly before a cow and calf that he has tracked during a patrol. Rhino sightings have increased over the past 12 months thanks to an expanded Rhino Ranger force and support organisations (Photo: Minnesota Zoo and Save the Rhino Trust)
Community-led solutions: key force in tackling wildlife crime
… at the source has been issued by a group of more than 70 researchers, community representatives, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs … to community rights, needs and priorities in designing anti-IWT initiatives Recognising the distinction between IWT and legitimate, … Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group , said: "Community-led approaches to combating wildlife crime are often overlooked in the …
News, 02 March 2015