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Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… development. Jenny Springer ([email protected]) is director of global programs, Rights and Resources Initiative. This blog …
Insight, 24 March 2015
In Durban, a day to focus on climate communication
… change in an effective and engaging way," adds James Fahn, Executive Director of Internews' Earth Journalism Network. "It's generally left to …
News, 19 December 2011
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
Insight, 11 December 2014
The Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India) Trust offers savings, loans and micro credit schemes (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)
People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
… no tenure or rights to the property they are living in. Bijal Bhatt, Director of the Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association …
Insight, 17 October 2011
Gates Foundation gives US$10 million to help urban poor improve living conditions
… Dwellers International and the Urban Poor Fund," said Charles Lyons, director of special initiatives at the Gates Foundation’s Global …
News, 22 November 2007
Corporate responsibility: what's in a name?
Article, 27 June 2011
Policy-makers discussing, reflecting, learning and building skills and capacities for climate adaptation at village-level. All key social learning activities. (Photo: E. van de Grift)
Social learning event features case studies from around the world
Insight, 04 August 2014
Richard Sandbrook Memorial Lecture
… but to everyone. It won’t be an easy sell, said executive director of Friends of the Earth, Andy Atkins. Getting clear about the …
News, 23 March 2011
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
Project, 16 February 2018
Ships lay stranded in a dry reservoir in China.
China: can the ‘factory of the world’ clean up its act?
… of transparency Ma Jun – the renowned Chinese environmentalist and director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) – …
Insight, 27 June 2012