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Lush forests in Ghana – one of the focus countries where REDD+ is relatively new. (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT)
Designing REDD+ to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty
… of the focus countries analysed models – many based on existing agro-forestry and  payment for ecosystem services (PES)  systems – which … in existing pilot projects In each of the five countries, IIED and partners worked with selected REDD+ pilot projects to track …
Project, 12 September 2013
Cutting down trees, especially for livestock grazing, can lead to soil erosion, as seen on this hillside outside Addis Ababa (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaping the future of forest and farm landscapes in Africa
… displacing smallholder farmers or threatening biodiversity. IIED and partners have been exploring the barriers to more coherent policies and … with experts, scientists and practitioners in agriculture, forestry and conservation sectors through the Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) . Through a working group format, partners under SNAPP will work across different sectors to understand …
Insight, 21 August 2017
Business models for sustainable development
… and development practitioners. Involving local communities as partners and co-designers of new models enhances local buy-in and … sustainable development cuts across several areas of IIED’s research: Forestry Small-scale forestry was for years half-lost in the shadow of industrial logging. …
Article, 10 May 2010
The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Does green growth miss the majority?
… on 25 February 2016 , the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) and partners are gathering policymakers and civil society to ask why. The … poorest in the transition to greener economies. Together, with our partners – IIED, Centre for International Forestry (CIFOR) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and …
Insight, 18 February 2016
CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
… with a fellowship programme designed to build capacity within NGO partners and wider civil society in the LDCs. More than half of CLACC … international levels: meeting key national contacts, donors, project partners and NGOs.  Research The CLACC network began undertaking … disaster preparedness and response, health, agriculture and forestry, and fed this information into national adaptation planning and …
Project, 05 September 2008
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… territories A change in perspective is needed. In 2005, IIED and its partners developed a definition of biocultural heritage in order to … 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
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
… to policy platforms, direct brokering of finance with value chain partners and banks, toolkits for  risk management  and  forest business … 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
The star anise fruit resembles stars: the Thach Ngoa group has five hectares of Illicium verum trees ready for harvest (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Star spice in Vietnam's forests
… An early target for presenting lessons from this work is the World Forestry Congress to be held in Durban in September. FFF hopes to see …
Insight, 05 August 2015
People putting up solar panels
Inclusive finance for universal energy access
Article, 13 November 2019
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… visible – part of the economy: the informal economy .  Our event with partners on ' The biggest 'private sector': what place for the informal … involved in related activities downstream. In Indonesia, the informal forestry sector contributes around EUR € 63 million to local economies …
Insight, 10 March 2016