Search results

79 results
Cover for G03821.pdf
Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Nepal: A Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of Nepal’s REDD+ Strategy
… Nepalese people are highly dependent on forests and forest products to fulfill energy demands and for timber for … and decomposition of remaining plant materials and soil carbon. Research carried out by the IPCC has revealed that almost 20% of carbon … degradation, popularly known as REDD. In September 2013, the REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell (REDD Cell) of the Government of …
Publication, 01 August 2014
Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background
Trees need locally-grown politics
… I was once part of a team supporting the National Forestry Programme in Malawi and on annual tree-planting day I was asked … this they can achieve scale at a speed that locally-built integrated projects can only dream about. But these campaigns are fragile precisely … The collective brings together the expertise of UK and Southern-based research partner organisations and offers a rapid social science …
Insight, 04 June 2021
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 … the 'REDD+ and gender', 'Testing REDD+' and 'Private sector REDD+' research , and outlined the objectives of the meeting IIED consultant …
Insight, 23 December 2015
An elderly woman in a field holds crops in the air with both hands
Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
… Development Goal 2), and develop new empowering interdisciplinary research. IIED will work with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Farmer Seed Network (China); the Kenya Forestry Research Institute; and the Indian NGO Lok Chetna Manch. The … District, West Bengal, northeast India; and with Mijikenda Kaya forest communities in Rabai, Kilifi County, coastal Kenya. The new …
Project, 06 April 2020
A local farmer uses manual callipers to measure a tree. Measuring trees in person can be cheaper and just as accurate (Photo: Geoff Wells)
The Paris Agreement, SDGs and simple local monitoring
… local level often involves intermediaries, adding to costs. Emerging research on smallholder agroforestry projects shows that we can minimise 'intermediary' costs, and in doing … as is necessary. Dr Amy Duchelle from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) also talked about the need for cost effective …
Insight, 07 January 2016
Mr Yi, the manager of the processing facility, instructs some of the Mozambican workforce of Mr Forest Ltd (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
A Chinese passion: adding value to Mozambique's timber exports
… wife and two kids in Pemba. He works for and supplies timber to Mr Forest Ltd, a Chinese forest company also in the northern province of … which is what brought me to Mozambique. The project is conducting research, building capacity, and facilitating better impacts from the … value-adding investors from the routine cut-and-run of Mozambican forestry. Instead, along with all other Chinese, they face a drip-drip …
Insight, 10 April 2017
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… progress to date.  Over the last five years I have been leading a research programme  identifying the barriers and opportunities to … in sub-Saharan Africa. This has included hosting the SNAPP Food and Forest in Africa Working Group and, more recently, a project in … in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and the DRC, agricultural, forestry, and environmental policies are on a collision course . How …
Insight, 30 June 2020
View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… (Peru), the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Kenya Forestry Research Institute and the Indian NGO Lok Chetna Manch . Objectives This … What did IIED do? The project undertook participatory action-research in four communities (each comprising several villages or …
Project, 29 April 2019
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… sustainable development goals.  Members of IIED's Natural Resources research group  and partners attended the congress, and played a key … 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, 01 September 2016
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
… speakers and participants from multilateral agencies, governments, research and conservation organisations, and the private sector. The … processes , by Monica Di Gregorio, of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and University of Leeds Session three: … Nhantumbo  (IIED) REDD+ financing: BioCarbon Fund Initiative and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Carbon Fund , by Mirko Serkovic, of …
Event, 09 April 2014