Search results

236 results
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… ' Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa ' reviews carbon projects in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia and … we can afford this.  Their recommendations are clear: abandon carbon forestry and pursue traditional livelihood and integrated rural … Perhaps the issue is not so much about abandoning carbon forestry as addressing the issues elsewhere. Developed countries surely …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Protecting needs of forest-dependent people is key to saving Congo Basin forests
News, 08 February 2019
An IIED workshop that aims to explore the latest thinking on REDD+ gets under way (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Coverage of Moving ahead with REDD+: Prospects and challenges workshop
… processes , by Monica Di Gregorio, of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and University of Leeds Session three: …
Event, 09 April 2014
Good governance key to success of payments to tackle deforestation and climate change
… IIED, the World Resources Institute and the Center for International Forestry Research looked at existing efforts to pay people in developing … Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff of the International Center for Tropical Forestry Research. "Yet, despite the growing knowledge on forest … Government to pay close attention to the impacts the N-CFI’s pilot projects have on poor households. "Massive levels of funding are set to …
News, 05 June 2009
Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia
… an ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach, promoting small-scale projects that maintain or enhance the ecosystem in order to protect … been used in key sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, tourism and forestry. Fisheries contribute around 12 per cent to The Gambia's GDP, …
Insight, 22 June 2017
Plans to protect forests could do more harm than good unless power is in local hands
… benefits for communities, biodiversity and the climate. "REDD remains forestry’s best hope yet but it must be built from the bottom up," says …
News, 24 August 2011
Three women and a man sit on a bench.
Women claim their space in land governance
… USAID ILRG supports improved land use planning for wildlife and forestry sectors, low-cost and accessible land documentation for …
Insight, 18 November 2021
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… activities, which are detailed below. We showcaseda number of IIED projects which include biocultural heritage, ecosystem-based adaptation, … of protected areas, food demand and forests, and locally controlled forestry. IIED and partner events Making ecosystem-based adaptation … event launched a book describing eight locally controlled forestry enterprises' approach to risk management in Africa, Asia and …
Event, 01 September 2016
Strengthening pastoral civil society in Senegal
… education) and for drawing up local land use plans for agricultural forestry pastoral and other uses. These provisions, while offering many …
Project, 04 September 2008
Photo: Farah Sevilla, Alyansa Tigil Mina
How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
News, 25 April 2013