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Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which has been pledged US$1 billion pledge of REDD+ finance from Norway (Photo: Josh Estey/Aus Aid, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
What's next for REDD+?
… sectors Most people think REDD+ is about forests. That's just wrong. Forestry-related drivers of deforestation and forest degradation are … in tackling deforestation and not enough of a premium for sustainable forestry. Readiness phases take longer, and the costs of developing the … in place to prevent environmental or social harm arising from REDD+ projects. What's missing is a good understanding of the relationship …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Marisa Carmargo presents approaches to equity in forest governance: Lessons for safeguard development at an event at COP20 in Lima (Photo: Donal Yeang via Flickr)
Why the private sector must be included in efforts to curb deforestation
… SlideShare site and below).  We began in 2013 looking at 115 REDD projects to try to understand how the private sector was engaged in the … the core business strategies of the private sector actors and the projects they were supporting.  REDD+ projects seemed to be concentrated … countries like Ghana, it also competes with activities like mining, forestry, and subsistence agriculture. So zero deforestation has to be …
Insight, 05 December 2014
Cover for 6115IIED.pdf
PLA Notes 28: Methodological Complementarity
… whether RRA may be more helpful than PRA. A report research on local forestry and biodiversity conservation in Vanuatu. A paper on mixing …
Publication, 01 February 1997
Cover for 6092IIED.pdf
PLA Notes 23 Section on Participatory Approaches to HIV/AIDS Programmes
… management plan in Sri Lanka. An article on using PRA to plan forestry activities in four rural communities in the Highlands of … Thailand. An article describing how participatory educational theatre projects were used for HIV/AIDS awareness in Kenya A paper describing …
Publication, 01 June 1995
MMSD – draft materials
… Department for International Development (DFID) Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union Center for Science in Public Participation …
Article, 04 March 2009
Exploring fair trade timber
… much to help community enterprises – but mainly in agriculture, not forestry. It is now time to examine the demand and potential of a …
Project, 11 June 2008
Cover for G01404.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 PRA for Rural Resource Management
… participant members. These had a wide diversity of expectations of projects which However, the objective of the workshop was to focused on … introduce participants to the techniques of health, social forestry and non-farm activities. Participatory Rural Appraisal and give …
Publication, 01 January 1988
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
Article, 24 November 2015
PLA 41 cover
PLA 41: General Issue
Article, 31 May 2001
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
… This led to fish smoking families volunteering in mangrove replanting projects at 21 sites along Cameroon's coast, becoming pivotal to … of people who can make good business out of sustainable community forestry.  With all this at stake in the Congo Basin's forests, it’s far …
Insight, 28 July 2017