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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… which is not open to the public. Watch these videos to find out more about the conference’s key themes. World Leader’s Dialogue IIED’s … : H.E. Mr. Tae Pyong JANG Former Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries of Republic, Korea Mr. Michael MACK CEO, Syngenta … the debate by sending your questions to the conference organisers about the themes before 31 August 2012 . Staff from IIED are involved in …
Event, 16 August 2012
Oscar Simanto, one of the founders of the African Forest Enterprises Connect Network (AFECONET), connect forest and farm producers across Africa (Image: IIED)
New network aims to connect locally controlled forest enterprises across Africa
News, 26 October 2015
Justice in the forests: a series of short films
… – and that in practice, this means investing in locally controlled forestry. Tackling forest governance: how small groups can have a big … those short on time but have a keen interest in understanding more about the common governance issues facing forest-dependent people. … countries where the FGLG has been active in promoting solutions to forestry problems that lie in increasing the power of local people to …
Article, 15 April 2011
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster … Asociación ANDES ) The Potato Park has tripled potato diversity to about 650 native varieties, through the revival of Quechua culture and … that are driving their loss, including agriculture, mining and forestry, if the diversity of life is to survive. This article is …
Insight, 18 February 2020
Cover for G01391.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Some advantages to having an outsider on the team
… at the Insider/outsider effects on RRA research, Institute of Forestry (IOF) in Pokhara, Nepal, Weyman Fussell and Ueli Scheuermeier … used to study community some interesting points (in RRA Notes 9 and forestry. My role at the IOF is as research 10 respectively). While … years back a discussion was raging in expatriate set out to learn about local forms of anthropology about the ... …
Publication, 01 January 1988
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… that improve their livelihoods. Importantly, it is not primarily about individuals, but about producer organisations that include women, … vision on how best to increase finance and investment in sustainable forestry and farming? DM: My vision is to tailor different financing … produced by Tropenbos International and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). FTA is the world’s largest research for …
Article, 12 March 2019
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… initiative. Combating the loss of forest biodiversity is primarily about the need for better managing the competing objectives of … in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and the DRC, agricultural, forestry, and environmental policies are on a collision course . How …
Insight, 30 June 2020
Cover for G00369.pdf
Policy learning in action: developing markets for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods Report of an evaluation
… and its partners with an important opportunity for real time learning about the process of developing payments for watershed services and … etc. are available at the project website: www.iied.org/NR/forestry/projects/water.html. This central website gives access to the …
Publication, 01 January 2007
Head and shoulders images
Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… in Endsleigh Street.  He made good use of his summer, and then set about creating a more structured organisation with systems to ensure … world class research programmes on human settlements, energy, forestry and environmental economics.    A former director general of …
Insight, 16 October 2019
A pinch of salt from Namaacha
… and Asia headed to the field to learn from communities in Mozambique about what was working (or not working) with their forest management. As … in assembling evidence to sway the powerful in favour of sustainable forestry and the careful personal mentoring required to get new ideas … to catalyse and sustain more intense and sustainable agriculture and forestry? Rights and capacity did not seem to be high on the agenda in …
Insight, 17 December 2010