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A group of people pose for a picture, behind words that say "Gobeshona Global Conference 1"
Gobeshona Global Conference 1
Event, 18 January 2021
A women wielding a hoe tends to her crops before a spectacular background of green hills
Bhutan’s climate ambition: showcasing leadership, delivering inclusive action
Insight, 08 March 2022
Somali and Boran pastoralists came together to discuss ways to share water resources at a meeting this month. (Credit: James Pattison)
Kenya: The importance of cross-border dialogue in the drylands
… County Government has stepped in to support the traditional natural resource governance regulations of the Boran people and evict the Somali … believed), but a genuinely important aspect of their wider resource management system. "We restrict access to different resources at … drylands development and climate change adaptation, under a project led by Ced Hesse ([email protected]). The meeting was part of a …
Insight, 19 March 2014
A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… particularly in a context of climate uncertainty and change, and has led to rapid population growth in towns and cities in Burkina Faso: the … setting, they are seen as an asset because they can be a labour resource. So any woman who leaves a rural household would be expected to … permit communities and local government bodies to secure and manage community grazing areas in a participatory and consensual way. Stop the …
Article, 26 April 2020
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Indigenous Naxi-Moso cultural values and worldviews for sustainable development: Four Village Biocultural Heritage Coalition, Yunnan, China
… was coordinated by the UN Environment- International Environmental Management Partnership, Chinese Academy of Science, and the national … of traditional ecological culture. It also suggests that a bottom-up, community led action research approach can help address the challenges facing … Natural resource management …
Publication, 06 August 2021
People walking on agricultural land
Envisioning a better future for The Gambia
Insight, 19 July 2021
Group of people sitting outside in a semi-circle looking at someone presenting
Message to the Green Climate Fund board: step up finance access for the most vulnerable
Insight, 12 March 2021
The road from Lomié in Southeast Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Cameroon's real indomitable lions are in the forest
… them fight for their land rights. Many communities now have secure 'community forest' areas under Cameroon's forest law (although the land … Wanting to discuss exactly that issue was our team from the IIED-led project CoNGOs (NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable … financial accounting, negotiating, organisational development, risk management, and logistics to name just a few.  Teamwork It quickly …
Insight, 20 March 2017
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… and traditional knowledge are being lost at an unprecedented rate.   Community Protocols provide communities with a vital way forward for … Protocols have also been used to address external threats to land and resource rights and enable communities to negotiate more effectively in … been greatest where the process to develop them has been driven and led by communities themselves, rather than external organisations. (PLA …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… of Evo Morales has completely inverted the situation of land and resource ownership. Of the 57 million hectares of land titled between … challenge of representation is complicated on two fronts. First, many community-level organisations are not yet fully registered or legalised. … buyer, and that buyer failed to pay – the lack of operational capital led to demoralisation within the business and almost complete …
Insight, 25 November 2014