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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 … increases collaboration between support agencies. The coalition is led by the Rainforest Alliance (RA), Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and IIED – together with its co-management partners of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) . But what’s …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger
Global Water Initiative: Niger
… a share of electricity, or a structured fishery.   Integrated Water Resource Management and Water, Sanitationand Hygiene (2008-12) Context … with severely limited access to water. Sanitation: We promoted community-led total sanitation (CTLS) to foster the adoption of good hygiene and …
Project, 16 February 2018
Men and women sitting in chairs.
What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania
… and civil society advocates. From 2017-18, the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) and IIED received requests from each of the four … to Tanzanian land tenure and investment legal frameworks. From community-centred dialogue to government commitments Land acquisition in … brought together community and government representatives and led to the government committing to examine demands and needs expressed …
Insight, 14 December 2020
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
… fish is sold.  Growing even more success OPED recognised that these community business groups had the potential not only to conserve … shrimp stocks, and then took the message home to their parents. This led to fish smoking families volunteering in mangrove replanting … to develop more sustainable and equitable livelihoods from community forests in the Congo Basin.  Last week, we visited the fish …
Insight, 28 July 2017
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
… IIED has been working with a consortium of partners – led by Kenya's National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) , the … policies. In Kenya's Isiolo County, GIS-enabled participatory resource mapping led to solutions – such as agreeing which water sources … for their enforcement. Trust built between government and the community institutions then pays additional dividends, such as grazing …
Insight, 24 August 2016
Experts available at Financing for Development conference
… (IIED) will be in attendance, as well as contributing to a side event led and hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa … has focused on issues of poverty, inequality, participation, natural resource governance and climate change. He was previously director of … social policy. At DFID he worked in a range of roles, from head of a community forestry project in Northern Ghana to leading the social …
News, 13 July 2015
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
… climate change. These views encourage particular kinds of top-down, resource-intensive development interventions that are maladaptive and … of this variability. To create an enabling space for locally led adaptation action to thrive, there is a therefore a need to … operating in ASAL areas Local administrators/leaders in ASAL areas Community opinion leaders in ASAL areas, and Curriculum officers in the …
Project, 27 July 2018
Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their … want to support communities whose livelihoods are affected by natural resource projects. The webinar was convened by IIED and is part of … Africa for the last 16 years. Hopewell is also a member of the senior management team for Practical Action Southern Africa, involved in …
Event, 16 April 2018
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
Article, 14 March 2017
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
Article, 01 December 2009