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Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… issues. In Tanzania, we secured a consensus for setting up government-led ‘excellence centres’ next to artisanal mines. These centres will be … mineral processing facilities. We are also using dialogues to drive community forestry: working with communities across the Congo Basin, … from Chinese companies to invest more responsibly, and several initiatives on sustainable local timber production and processing.  …
Page, 24 October 2018
Sustainable tourism in the Srepok Wilderness Area, Cambodia
… wild water buffalo and their ecosystem, through generating financing for conservation activities and supporting local livelihoods as well as … the financial sustainability of the protected area. The project, led by WWF Cambodia, was designed under the premise that the local … balanced with the benefits received from other sources. What IIED did Community-based monitoring A key component of the project was monitoring …
Project, 21 June 2011
A vegetable seller with a food truck peels a cucumber
Urban poor community voices take to the stage at the World Urban Forum
… that global agendas often overlook. IIED supported a group of community leaders from urban poor communities in Nepal and Bangladesh to … self-built community where Selina works. Selina leads community-based initiatives that fall into two broad categories: women’s saving groups, … that promote plastic recycling, and small business start-ups led by women’s groups that bring nutritious food into poor communities.  …
Insight, 19 February 2020
Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… IWT. Despite their commitments, countries have been slow to promote community-based approaches as a key part of their strategy to tackle … on the IWT commitments their countries had made. This was the IIED-led LeAP: Learning and Action Platform for Community Engagement Against … event presented many great examples of successful Latin American initiatives that engage communities in tackling IWT. For example, …
Insight, 06 November 2019
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… Follow the links below to go directly to the highlights for each day of the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change .  You can review the  full … Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 1 Day 5 UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key UK aim for COP26  The UK's COP26 Adaptation and …
Article, 14 June 2021
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… its forests are owned by communities; the country has more than 2,000 community forest enterprises in total. Why Mexico is backing community … from 17 countries agreed to form a coalition that builds support for locally-controlled forest enterprises and increases collaboration between support agencies. The coalition is led by the Rainforest Alliance (RA), Rights and Resources Initiative …
Insight, 10 September 2018
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The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study
… its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects … Forest Conservation Group (TFCG), in collaboration with Tanzania Community Forest Conservation Network (MJUMITA), are implementing one of … REDD architecture: options for equity, growth and the environment’, led by the International Institute for Environment and Development …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Man looks at two chimpanzees on a forest path
Q&A: New policy champions communities in the push to conserve Uganda’s wildlife
Article, 21 July 2020
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… activists to crafting land tenure legislation. Rachael founded the Community Land Protection Initiative (CLPI) – an annual peer learning … who can put pressure on the investor. IIED is working on a number of initiatives to support redress for victims of land rights violations .  … The initiative focuses on peer-to-peer learning, rather than expert-led training; each participating NGO is allocated time to teach their …
Article, 27 January 2020
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… approaches, which prioritise including farmers in agribusiness-led activities. But contract farming often reflects the buyers’ terms. … diverse supply agreements in different value chain segments. Support initiatives premised on skewed understandings of contracts can sideline … with trusted small-scale buyers – all with support from the Community Self-Reliance Centre and the Nepal Agricultural Co-operative …
Insight, 16 May 2021