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PLA 62 - Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China
… Nicole Kenton Preface Alan Piazza Overview: Changing government-community interface in China Johanna Pennarz, Arjan de Haan   Prologue: …   Management practices in China - towards fairer and more transparent resource allocation Introduction Johanna Pennarz  From participation … Nicole Kenton Background and approach Wang Yue Innovative, community-led practices Wang Baojun  The perspective of the Ministry of Water …
Article, 31 July 2011
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… materials and clean water, and are integrated with systems of waste management. Key findings from this research can be found in this news … of marginalised women working with the programme created a community grain fund to distribute locally-grown, drought-tolerant … of agricultural biodiversity in Europe . These projects were led by Dr Michel Pimbert, who is now director of the Centre for …
Project, 14 August 2013
Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)
Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems
Article, 05 August 2013
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… to take place in the continent, brought together the global forestry community to review and analyse the key issues and to share ways of … world that will be launched. A short film preceded a panel discussion led by Forest Connect alliance members (an alliance in support of … of Community Forestry (GACF), Himalayanan Grassroots Women's Natural Resource Management Association (HIMAWANTI) IIED, NTFP-EP, Pan European …
Event, 07 September 2015
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: "No more hanky panky"
… spending of revenues and reinvestment by companies in-country and in-community is crucial to prevent what Oxford Unviersity Professor Paul … beyond revenues to contracts and licences : Publish What You Pay led the call for EITI not to rest on its laurels and to recognise that … Natural resource management …
Insight, 11 March 2011
A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)
Show me the money!
Insight, 18 October 2016
Fishermen collecting the day's catch
Bangladesh: protecting the Hilsa from overfishing
Project, 26 June 2013
The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))
Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results
… the importance of indigenous peoples' participation in the management of the scheme, and the need for decentralised monitoring, for … in New Zealand indicates that a decentralised verification system, led by indigenous peoples, can generate positive economic, environmental … protection may be more appropriate, at least in the first instance. Management by national committees rather than an international …
Insight, 16 January 2017
Studies reveal prospects for linking ape conservation with poverty reduction in Africa
… conserve these species in strictly controlled protected areas often led to conflict with local communities who were restricted from … initiatives that give communities decision making power over natural resource management and ways to benefit from them. "These conservation …
News, 18 August 2010
A tree nursery run by Fedecovera, is the world's biggest exporter of cardamom and a cooperative with 25,000 members (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Organise to thrive
… forest nursery is Guatemala's biggest. It sells seedlings and management services to people taking advantage of government forest … decision-makers. Discussions between Alianza and the government led to the first forest incentive programmes PINPEP AND PINFOR – which … is clearly timely. The question now is whether it will be given the resource to continue supporting forest and farm producers at every …
Insight, 30 June 2015