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IIED's 2017 strategy update
Our strategy: 2014-2019
… countries Agricultural and food systems Locally controlled forestry Biodiversity Water resources, including a focus in West Africa, … aid, trade and investment in African natural resources. Read more about our work on natural resources. Cities that work for people and … urban centres, rural areas and the global environment.  Read more about our work on human settlements. Fair and equitable solutions to …
Page, 29 July 2022
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Chinese investment in Uganda: new impetus for sustainable development?
… is flowing fast into Uganda, and spreading into the agriculture and forestry sectors. The government needs to keep pace with these … government agencies, with support from NGOs, must share information about these investments and introduce stronger regulation — in …
Publication, 01 January 2019
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Malawi-FGLG: Locally controlled forestry
… therefore commissioned a study to capture and spread information about the ingredients for successful CBFM. The study revealed both … Malawi-FGLG: Locally controlled forestry …
Publication, 01 January 2009
One women holds a tree while another digs into the soil with a shovel, surrounded by green trees and foliage
New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises
… era of climate justice. There is something fundamentally illogical about claiming to protect nature without the people who live there. What we are asking, above all, is that all stakeholders in the forestry sector consider us, the Indigenous forest peoples – …
News, 20 October 2021
Chinese and African delegates visit a nursery and learn about a reforestation project in Pemba, Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Sustainable investment in African forest resources highlighted at China-Africa event
… than 90 Chinese and African stakeholders took part in a meeting on forestry governance in Pemba, Mozambique, from 23-25 October 2017. The … eight African countries, representatives from the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Global Environmental Institute, IIED, WWF as well as other … forest sector context and challenges, and highlights key facts about forest trade and sector reform. It presents the World Bank's …
News, 20 November 2017
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Talking REDD+: beyond forestry – joining up and moving forward
… and pro-poor options?’ This was a platform to share information about the practices that already work, to discuss how REDD+ can build on … Talking REDD+: beyond forestry – joining up and moving forward …
Publication, 01 December 2011
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Social responsibility agreements in Ghana’s forestry sector
… This paper is about a legal arrangement for enabling forest communities in Ghana to … Social responsibility agreements in Ghana’s forestry sector …
Publication, 01 May 2008
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… that is why it is crucial that young people are involved in decisions about how forests are managed and used. A common question in the forest … are informed and enthusiastic about taking up the baton. Forestry by smartphone In January, during a field trip to a forest … foresters and has become a multi-stakeholder forum in the Indonesian forestry sector. The group uses an alumni system to ensure members who …
Insight, 24 August 2015
Growing Forest Partnerships meeting beneath the trees in Burkina Faso (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Growing Forest Partnerships Initiative
… which ran from 2009-12, sought to improve the connections between forestry and other sectors and to ensure that global discussions about forests took into account the challenges that forest-dependent … network for the collaboration between family forest owners, community forestry and tribal and indigenous peoples living in tropical forests, …
Project, 12 September 2013
A young person holds up a sign, saying "There is no planet B" among a march
IIED at 50: how can we harness youth’s energy to drive positive change?
Article, 22 June 2022