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A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.
Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports
Insight, 03 September 2020
Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, is an example of an alternative livelihood project (Photo: Yeowatzup via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Are "alternative livelihoods" projects effective?
… resort in Raja Ampat, Indonesia is an example of a conservation and community engagement programme . It employs around 120 local people, … "appropriate measures of success", it asks? This lack of evidence led the IUCN World Conservation Congress to pass a resolution last year … Natural resource management …
Insight, 04 February 2014
New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
… peoples can access genetic resources and have a greater say in their management.   Though excluded and often oppressed today, indigenous … Sustainable Development (ANDES), a Cusco-based civil society group led by indigenous peoples, helped broker the ground-breaking agreement … a lack of political and financial commitment from the international community, including the UK, to help build the capacity of civil society …
News, 18 January 2005
The Urban ARK website
New Urban ARK website launched
… (Urban ARK) website has been launched to provide information and community resources for a three-year programme, funded by the  UK … work seeks to open up an applied research and policy agenda for risk management in urban sub-Saharan Africa The website profiles the … our Twitter site , and community of practice pages .” Urban ARK, led by Kings College London , is a partnership of 12 policy and academic …
News, 12 November 2015
Cover for G04028.pdf
中国农业可持续发展的多元化路径
… pathways towards sustainable agriculture. From uncertified small community-led farmers’ associations and remote sheep-rearing societies which … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 December 2015
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… Pocket guide to the Paris Agreement   Contributions of the research community to climate action and implementation of the Paris Agreement … 6 December Venue:  Bieszczady, Zone G Partner organisations: Led by African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Speakers: Dr Joanes … in land-using sectors? How can biomass value chains be made more resource efficient and make best use of sustainable, renewable energy? …
Event, 02 December 2018
Dr Dilys Roe (IIED) and Dr Rosie Cooney (IUCN SULI) with South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Bomo Edna Molewa (Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA Photos)
Innovative approaches to tackling wildlife crime on the frontlines
… Groundbreaking community-led approaches to combating wildlife crime around the world will be … Ahlers, of TRAFFIC , said: "Communities play an important role in the management and sustainable use of wild resources. In light of the …
News, 27 February 2015
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… Congress objectives The congress aimed to: Inspire the international community to take action for nature by demonstrating its critical role … International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples INMIP), which is led by Asociacion ANDES with support from IIED, were shared, in addition … heritage indication labelling system   Assessing equitable management and governance of protected areas Knowledge Café (invitation …
Event, 01 September 2016
Informal housing in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia's cities are struggling to meet demand for affordable housing and settlements are growing (Photo: Olli Pitkänen, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Ethiopian informal settlement jigsaw puzzle: an opportunity to re-sort the pieces?
… into shelter in cities across East Africa, as part of an IIED-led consortium.  Under the project, Social Development Direct  and … of shelter , enabling partnerships between civil society and community groups alongside government entities, may also offer an … – a range of new ideas and approaches could be tabled around design, management, resourcing and sustaining of shelter options.  Learning from …
Insight, 25 October 2018