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Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
… their REDD+ strategies. Alongside these national government-led processes, other institutions – including NGOs and the private … such as  free, prior and informed consent , the principle that a community has the right to give or withhold its consent to proposed … national-level case studies to document the various private sector initiatives being undertaken in specific countries at the time, with the …
Project, 12 September 2013
Ibadan, Nigeria, a city that has experienced devastating high winds and flooding (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
How risk accumulates in African cities – and ways to break the cycle
… how knowledge of risk can lead to action to reduce it. It needs community organisations, local government officials and politicians, and … of two days, participants discussed the factors that can create risk for low-income urban residents and communities, and how to stop the … , destroyed 2,400 structures, displaced more than 30,000 people, and led to at least 11 deaths from drowning.  Putting knowledge into action …
Insight, 30 January 2017
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… They provided an internationally agreed 15-year framework for defining and addressing the challenges of developing sustainably. … expertise in different aspects of sustainable development, including community development, environmental management, climate change, energy, … for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the AMFN. He has led or contributed to several international programs on adaptive …
Article, 03 August 2015
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Alam, Rachel Berger,  Terry Cannon, Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those … Shares guidance and tools for developing and implementing adaptation initiatives, including a list of materials available for immediate … Indigenous Peoples’ Assessments of Climate Change Indigenous peoples-led initiative, in partnership with IIED, the United Nations University …
Article, 01 December 2009
Africa's water crisis: a quarter of a billion dollars down the drain
… to a forthcoming briefing paper by the International Institute for Environment and Development. The announcement comes ahead of the … supply systems need to succeed. They include the right technology, community ownership and local capacity to repair and maintain wells. … Also important are better investments in knowledge, community-led management and government capacity to sustain water supplies. It …
News, 20 March 2009
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
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… much talk about the imperative to ‘feed the planet’, opportunities for returns in lucrative export markets have been an important driver of … last year, as I reported in this book . Concerns about food security led some governments to promote land acquisitions overseas and take more … and well thought out metrics can help the international aid community sharpen its focus. But it would be a mistake to lose sight of …
Insight, 14 November 2013
GWI influence - access and rights to irrigated land - planting rice - Selingue dam - Mali
Global Water Initiative: Mali
Project, 16 February 2018
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 … This early example shows that the Brazilian state can be a force for good in protecting the country’s forests. But history shows that … 2,500 trees and their surrounding habitat, inside a 7.000 hectare community forest reserve. Brazil nuts are processed through a small oil …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Seeds carefully picked from a pile of rotting and old beans in Mali.
Food waste: can grassroots initiatives stop us throwing good food in the bin?
… de Sélingué – a women’s cooperative which prepared food for an IIED-led meeting I attended in Mali. One lady I observed was bent over a … to throw it away and buy more from our overstocked supermarkets. Initiatives reducing food waste I visited Qechua communities living in … recycling. FareShare redistributes surplus food to a network of community organisations that support vulnerable people. It acts as a …
Insight, 04 June 2013