Search results

236 results
Cover for G01672.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 3 Process documentation research
… dynamic view of project implementation · Objectives and helps to make projects respond to context- specific requirements. It is especially … implementation of a social enabled, as well as constrained, project forestry project by a leading NGO, the Aga implementation and assess …
Publication, 01 January 1997
A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
Insight, 07 February 2014
Large-scale international investments in Cameroon have highlighted the importance of protecting the land rights of rural people (Photo: World Agroforestry Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Legal activism key to securing land rights in new investment phase
… monitors helped farmers secure fairer compensation and stop contested projects , while in Sierra Leone community paralegals helped local … often uncoordinated, investments in agriculture, mining, petroleum, forestry and infrastructure projects. In such geographic hotspots as Cameroon's Atlantic coast, …
Insight, 28 March 2018
Forests, resilience and climate change
Project, 11 June 2008
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… (SDGs) and the Paris climate agreement. SDGs for the trees Local forestry initiatives really are exciting these days – a wide range of … Society of Tropical Foresters Conference at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies …
Insight, 11 February 2016
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and the DRC, agricultural, forestry, and environmental policies are on a collision course . How …
Insight, 30 June 2020
Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
… ‘dragons’ or potential investors to financially support community projects to develop natural pharmaceutical and beauty products – already … out of the Dragons’ Den exercise . This is one of many biodiversity projects that IIED is involved in. The majority of our work in this area … “alternative livelihoods” projects with the Centre for International Forestry Research and the Zoological Society of London . Above all IIED …
Insight, 22 May 2013
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… has been at the forefront globally of gender equality in forestry by deciding from the start that representation at each level … if imposed across the country, it would mean the ‘death to community forestry’. "The same year FECOFUN finalised its gender equality and …
Article, 15 June 2020
Working with local journalists: a mutually beneficial partnership
… tell properly. On the other hand, many local reporters who focus on forestry-related issues face difficulties getting their stories … level where it works to support investment in locally controlled forestry. …
Insight, 16 December 2011
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources, Forestry, Parks and Wildlife; Simon Maxwell, executive chair of CDKN, … IDRC has invested more than US$190 million in 150 climate resilience projects enabling experts in emerging economies to create knowledge that …
News, 26 November 2015