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New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
… Sustainable Development (ANDES), a Cusco-based civil society group led by indigenous peoples, helped broker the ground-breaking agreement … point and provides a good practice model that can inform similar initiatives across the globe. They are calling for greater action at … a lack of political and financial commitment from the international community, including the UK, to help build the capacity of civil society …
News, 18 January 2005
An audience gathers to listen to a presentation as information on land is shared by Open Data Myanmar (Photo: Open Data Myanmar)
IIED webinar: using web platforms to promote transparency and strengthen land rights
… and strengthen land rights'.  This online seminar was designed for civil society organisations in low and middle-income countries that … several stakeholder consultations, and has carried out a number of community-led social impact assessments. Prior to her involvement with BadeiDha …
Event, 06 July 2016
A Subanen harvest dance during a colourful street dancing competition of Kinabayo Festival. Community action by the Subanen tribe in Midsalip prevents mining companies from encroaching their land (Photo: Mark Navales/Google Licence)
Citizen power: Sustaining paralegal programmes to put knowledge back into communities' hands
… costs mean local-level trainings are often only run once or twice. Community paralegals – people who know the law, but who are not … also raised the issue of involving women and youth in paralegal initiatives. Unfortunately, there wasn't time to discuss experiences of … alone However, contentious campaigns against 'land grabbing' have led governments to sideline some NGOs and civil society organisations. …
Insight, 14 October 2014
An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards an inclusive blue economy
… I had the privilege of participating on the panel for an event on 'sustainable blue economies' (PDF)  during the second meeting of the UN … chance to dig into the excellent work on oceans and coastal fisheries led by IIED's Essam Yassin Mohammed . What is the 'blue economy'? 'Blue …
Insight, 01 June 2016
A Coca-Cola sign outside a small town in Benin. Bloomberg’s new health initiative will support cities to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, but this isn't the biggest health challenge facing low-income urban residents (Photo: Lorena Pajares, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bloomberg and public health: did he get it right?
… of New York, Bloomberg oversaw several significant public health initiatives: limiting public smoking and alcohol access, calorie counts … detailed profiles of more than 7,000 informal settlements .  These community-led processes generate the data needed to understand health priorities …
Insight, 07 June 2017
A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
Project, 16 August 2013
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… growth rates – although they inevitably did when they were smaller. 2 Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s … analysed the long-term effects of this shift in food systems for daily life.  The fresh foods sold in supermarkets and formal markets …
Article, 22 December 2020
Langrug informal settlement, South Africa, May 2014 (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Introduction to urban poverty
Project, 09 September 2014
Studies reveal prospects for linking ape conservation with poverty reduction in Africa
… gorillas — are our closest living relatives. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classes them all as endangered or … conserve these species in strictly controlled protected areas often led to conflict with local communities who were restricted from … that to maximize both conservation and development outcomes such initiatives will need to have a greater positive impact on the poorest …
News, 18 August 2010
Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and improved livelihoods in Africa
… A new film and book, to be launched in London on 5 October, show how community participation in development projects has led to successful agricultural change and environmental recovery in … themselves," he adds. "We can be confident that sustained positive initiatives are underway. It is crucial for governments and development …
News, 01 October 2010