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Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… up SOS-Sahel. Here, he set up a series of effective, well-grounded projects to support local land management and community development in … world class research programmes on human settlements, energy, forestry and environmental economics.    A former director general of …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Two forest farmers from Ghana, including the head of a local community forest group, alongside some cocoa beans (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework
… Universidad Científica del Sur and Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); the event was was inaugurated by Manuel … and President of the COP20.  The workshop brought together 36 forestry experts from 12 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin …
Project, 21 May 2014
Cover for G00335.pdf
Distinguishing community forest products in the market .
… consumers to better recognise community forest products. Community forestry has rarely been an economic success story until now. The … financial constraints. These ToRs explore solutions to make community forestry economically viable. They aim to demonstrate demand (or the …
Publication, 01 January 2006
Cover for 14568IIED.pdf
The evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From mining opposition to community revolution
… mining project, Casa Pueblo has also changed national mining and forestry policy. It has promoted sustainable forestry, developing a string of pro-poor, pro-environment forest …
Publication, 01 August 2008
Cover for 9189IIED.pdf
The Ayurvedic Medicine Industry: Current status and sustainability
… produced to support the Instruments for Sustainable Private Sector Forestry project and the book The New Foresters. …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Cover for 9190IIED.pdf
Review of company-farmer partnerships for the supply of raw material to wood-based industry
… produced to support the Instruments for Sustainable Private Sector Forestry project and the book The New Foresters. …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Cover for 9187IIED.pdf
Potential for commercial production from forests under joint management
… produced to support the Instruments for Sustainable Private Sector Forestry project and the book The New Foresters. …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Cover for G03390.pdf
Table of contents: Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent (PLA 65)
… (FPIC) processes, in which communities decide whether or not to allow projects affecting their land or resources to go ahead, and on what … confronting threats from mining and protected areas; and improving forestry partnerships. It also looks at government experiences of …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Cover for 9034IIED.pdf
PLA Notes 41: General Issue
… The Tips for Trainers section features extracts from the IIED Forestry and Land Use Programme's book 'Forestry tactics: Lessons from Malawi's National Forestry Programme'. …
Publication, 01 June 2001
Cover for 14513IIED.pdf
The Market for Voluntary Carbon Offsets: a new tool for sustainable development?
… a similar amount of CO2 from being emitted elsewhere. Carbon offset projects may include hydro-energy, conversion of methane from landfills … in rural communities, fuel efficient cooking stoves and small agro-forestry schemes. The voluntary market has potentially more scope to invest in small-scale projects with high sustainable development benefits to local communities …
Publication, 01 March 2006