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Rural landscape with plants growing in the land. People gather in the background
IIED at 50 must be ready to listen and change: Liz Carlile and Tara Shine in conversation
… it was because of that connection. I was in Mauritania, doing my research on ephemeral wetlands in the Sahel, right on the edge of the Sahara desert. And I found all this research by Ian Scoones (who was at IIED at the time) on wetlands in drylands. It wasn’t just the fact that it was specifically talking about …
Article, 19 August 2021
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Farmer foresight: an experiment in South India (PLA 40)
Publication, 01 February 2001
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20:20 vision – from the realities, the cures
… publication charts the institute's first 20 years. It describes how research, policy advice and partnerships helped influence the management of forests, drylands, agriculture and marine resources; reshape thinking on energy, …
Publication, 05 July 1992
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Celebrating 25 years
Publication, 01 July 1997
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Community and government planning together for climate resilient growth: issues and opportunities from Longido, Monduli and Ngorongoro Districts, northern Tanzania
… timely and appropriate manner that climate variability demands. Research conducted in three pastoral and agro-pastoral districts in … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 September 2014
Some ecological settings, such as drylands, which are home to a high proportion of the world’s poor, are poorly studied and have become the neglected 'ugly duckling' of biodiversity research (Photo: Marie Monimart)
What we know about how biodiversity and poverty are linked: The good, the bad and the ugly
Insight, 31 March 2014
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Can research help bridge the gap between local rules and national legal frameworks? The case of local conventions for natural resource management in the Sahel Lorenzo Cotula
… Document begins: Can research help bridge the gap between local rules and national legal … years, a growing body of literature has explored the linkages between research and policy processes - particularly how the former can feed … earlier assumptions about "benevolent" policy makers waiting for research findings and ensuing policy recommendations to orient their …
Publication, 01 January 1970
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… to find solutions to secure land and resource rights . In the drylands of northern Kenya, we are supporting devolved county … and the implications for small-scale producers. We have undertaken research on the strategies and constraints of small producer agency in … Through our work with the Global Water Initiative  we undertake research and advocacy in West Africa to ensure that family farmers— both …
Article, 22 April 2014
Farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in Southwestern China have responded to climatic adversity by innovating to increase productivity using less water (Image: IIED)
Why listen to and support the most vulnerable?
Insight, 02 October 2015
A shot from the Herding Chaos film made by Saverio Krätli
Niger: Pastoral livelihoods and climate change adaptation
… Field research by IIED with support from the Secrétariat Permanent du Code … to climate change, which of these were successful, and why. The research analysed whether and how Niger’s policy environment helped … Drylands and pastoralism …
Project, 17 December 2012