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Althelia Ecosphere's Simon Dent speaking at Fish Night 2 (Photo: Inta Photography)
Fish Night 2 looks at finance for sustainable fisheries
… two main presentations, plus an introduction to Fish Night 2 by IIED director Camilla Toulmin, together with an interview with IIED's senior …
Event, 04 March 2015
Rethinking agriculture research to meet people's needs
… people, pastoralists and forest dwellers," says Dr Michel Pimbert, director of IIED's sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and livelihoods …
News, 14 April 2008
An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'
… be embedded at local level.  David Dodman ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 02 June 2016
An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards an inclusive blue economy
… dimensions into account. Andrew Norton ([email protected]) is director of IIED. …
Insight, 01 June 2016
Paris, January 2015: More than one million people march against terrorism (Photo: Olivier Ortelpa, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Rushing into a new year
… in Paris for COP21. Camilla Toulmin ([email protected]) is the director of IIED …
Insight, 13 January 2015
Kenyan slum dwellers vow to rebuild shattered communities and restore peace
… an outlet for deeper societal problems," says Jane Weru, executive director of Pamoja Trust, which works with the Kenyan slum dwellers …
News, 11 January 2008
An image of an open sewer in the Kibera informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Refugees in such informal settlements face even more challenges than existing habitatants to access to services, such as language barriers (Photo: Eoghan Rice/Trócaire)
Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities
… city economies and societies. David Dodman ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Human Settlements Group …
Insight, 06 May 2016
New paradigm for African agriculture sees sustainable intensification in a new light
… food and fibre from any given area of land," says Dr Camilla Toulmin, director of the International Institute for Environment and Development …
News, 18 April 2013
Protecting needs of forest-dependent people is key to saving Congo Basin forests
… sustainable local forest enterprise.” Madame Fifi Lekunde Mboyo, director of the Community Forestry Division, Ministry of Environment and … exploit forest resources in a sustainable manner.” Alphonse Maindo, director of Tropenbos DRC, said: “We must not forget that these forests …
News, 08 February 2019
A woman farming in Tanzania. Efforts are being made to ensure women are less negatively affected by decisions on large-scale agricultural investments than men (Photo: Dirk Musschoot/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Enhancing women's role in land management decisions
… with district council members. Meetings with the district executive director, district lawyer, village chairman and leaders of the village …
Insight, 24 March 2016