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A woman burns off plastic in an informal settlement
What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change
… to devise and agree their own strategies for change. Examples of community-led mapping and profiling informal settlements include: Across Kenya , … and people who design solutions in health, housing, habitat, and data management, to join us. Together we can develop capacities and skills to …
Insight, 11 June 2021
New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum
… and the financial support to match. Last month, I joined an IIED-led workshop  bringing together policymakers and researchers from 11 … and economic benefits, the costs of losing this natural resource are clearer – and troublesome. A study of 42 developing … , DFID and others, showed how bridging the gap between the academic community and policymakers can generate a strong feeling of unity, also …
Insight, 02 November 2016
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Insight, 26 September 2019
GWI influence - access and rights to irrigated land - planting rice - Selingue dam - Mali
Global Water Initiative: Mali
… activities into the rice farmer forum in Mali.   Integrated Water Resource Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2008-12) Context … several development partners were building facilities directly at the community level. Given the lack of qualified personnel at the regional … had adopted good hygiene practices as a result of community-led total sanitation in 46 sites. A total of 1,513 new latrines had been …
Project, 16 February 2018
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
Article, 12 March 2019
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… advance women’s businesses within the country’s male-dominated Community Forest Product Producers Associations. In Nepal, FFF has been … , Central Women Entrepreneurs Committee and the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal  to encourage the Ministry of Industry to … sustainable.  In Cameroon, the CoNGOs project is supporting 10 women-led enterprises focusing on collecting and processing non-wood forest …
Insight, 29 November 2018
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Putting pastoralists on the policy agenda: Land alienation in southern Ethiopia
… Their traditional migratory lifestyle and knowledge of dryland resource management has allowed them to generally withstand drought and to … system in Ethiopia (like in many other countries in Africa) have led to a general perception among policy makers that pastoral lands are …
Publication, 01 July 2010
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… Putting communities in control  In 2015, MONREC established a Community Forestry National Working Group and a Community Forest Unit, … and ecosystem services, in line with the government's 'market-led approach to community forestry'.  These developments are bearing … A vision for the way forward Recognition of, and respect for the resource rights of Myanmar's many local ethnic communities is a vital …
Insight, 05 December 2017
Head and shoulders of four smiling people
Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
… from the many public health programmes that successfully engage with community infrastructure. The guests then explore whether the more … urban communities and other local-level actors in the prevention and management of health emergencies.  Both climate change and public … towards a climate-resilient future by 2050; the vision will be led and driven by LDCs, driving forward climate action in line with …
Article, 06 August 2020
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Arguing forests: the story of FGLG Indonesia
… case studies, lessons learnt and examples of its achievements as a community-led forest governance initiative within the particular context of the … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 February 2015