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A woman sells palm oil in a market in west Africa.
Four actions to reduce the ‘forest footprint’ of commodities
… premiums.   Companies further down supply chains need to act more as partners with those in their supply chains, helping their suppliers to … for avoiding deforestation, as many speakers at a recent meeting of forestry and trade specialists organised by IIED, the Carbon Disclosure …
Insight, 18 March 2013
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… and to benefit the poor. Produced in partnership with local partners, these papers offer case study-based evidence of processes of … actors. The first shows how Nepal's long history of effective forestry governance has helped rural communities thrive in producing …
Article, 21 July 2015
Officials on a climate finance course meet farmers in Bangladesh to learn about the benefits of solar irrigation pumps (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance for those who need it most
… national and local levels. We are working with government, local partners and other stakeholders to improve capacity and strengthen … stakeholders in financing pro-poor energy access, and fisheries and forestry. We are supporting smallholders in engaging in voluntary carbon …
Article, 13 May 2016
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
Insight, 05 November 2021
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… programmes aligned with that vision. The FFF is one of those aligned partners and has been assigned a critical role in identifying, … the FFF to capture in a compendium examples of locally controlled forestry business models that can be used to inform national programmes …
Insight, 25 November 2014
Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal. Photo: Sajal Sthapit
Forest businesses 'fit for life'
… in Nepal (12-15 February 2013). Nepal is a world leader in community forestry, with roughly 18,000 groups established across 1.8 million … them to different business priorities. Nevertheless, Forest Connect partners united in prioritising portfolios of integrated, intensified …
Insight, 18 February 2013
Deforestation in Bhutan: forests are a prime example of how an integrated approach to policymaking can prevent benefits in one area undermining wellbeing elsewhere (Photo: Curt Carnemark/World Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Integration: will the UN Forum on Forests lead the way?
… set out in REDD+ and the Global Objectives on Forests (GOF) . As forestry policy experts gather in New York for the 11th session of the … The modular approach to SDG implementation developed by IIED and its partners involves bringing stakeholders together (at global, regional, …
Insight, 01 May 2015
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… (such as seeds), both from within communities and from external partners, is critical for innovation. Although traditional knowledge and … needs to be recognised both by the farmers and their external partners, so they are protected and saved for adaptation in the future.  … ANDES (Peru) , Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (China) , Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kenya) , and Lok Chetna Manch (India) …
Insight, 07 October 2014
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… senior program officer for  RECOFTC . Representatives working on forestry and climate change in Asia and Africa reflected on experiences …
Event, 01 December 2014
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… GIS and local knowledge enhancement for community carbon forestry planning: an example from Cameroon  Peter A. Minang and Michael … supported by the following organisations: Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural … and Economic Change (SPEECH) UNESCO We are grateful to all our partners for this support and to the Resource Centres for Participatory …
Article, 31 March 2006