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A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… masterplan. However, decisions by African leaders on China-backed projects seem largely  pragmatic and short term, with little citizen … the bigger investments. Cameroon: development theory in reality New research , conducted by IIED and local partners the Centre for … timber buyer. But, like those from other countries, China-linked forestry companies, small forestry enterprises and traders need to …
Insight, 19 June 2019
Business models for sustainable development
… the whole market chain is a key feature. Key factors of success Our research has identified a number of factors that contribute to the … sustainable development cuts across several areas of IIED’s research: Forestry Small-scale forestry was for years half-lost in the shadow of … viable community forestry Food and agriculture Two major IIED projects in the food and agriculture sector relate to business models …
Article, 10 May 2010
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
Article, 22 April 2014
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
… Knowledge Network (CDKN) , Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , the International Institute for Environment and … 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
For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)
2014 annual report: online and in print
… about the institute and read stories about some of our programmes and projects. To reach the widest possible audience we have ensured that the … wa Wanavijiji , Kenya Ghana Homeless People Federation , Ghana Kenya Forestry Research Institute , Kenya RuralNet Associates, Zambia Association …
News, 11 November 2014
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… processing facilities. We are also using dialogues to drive community forestry: working with communities across the Congo Basin, the IIED-led … 90 representatives from government, companies, investment agencies, research and civil society organisations. This facilitated and frank … diverse groups at scale.  Our animation series  for the  Global Water Initiative , presented in both French and English, analysed …
Page, 24 October 2018
Cover for G00056.pdf
Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 4: South Asia Region Section 4.2. India Scoping Study
… : AN OVERVIEW 6 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 13 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHA NGE 18 DISASTERS AND CLIMATE … HEALTH AND CLI MATE CHANGE 26 LIVELIHOODS AND CLIMATE CHANGE 29 FORESTRY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 31 COASTAL AREAS AND CLI MATE CHANGE 34 …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Good governance key to success of payments to tackle deforestation and climate change
News, 05 June 2009
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… Chinese Agricultural Policy, China; Lok Chetna Manch, India; Kenya Forestry Research Institute; and ANDES Peru – to learn how communities are … cultivation of finger millet – a traditional crop. This requires less water and labour than rice and wheat, making it more resilient to …
Article, 18 October 2018
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
… which is what brought me to Mozambique. The project is conducting research, building capacity, and facilitating better impacts from the … fired by wood offcuts to improve energy efficiency. The smoke is water treated to meet USA environmental standards. Dried planks are … 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