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Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… free access to publicly available large-scale land, agriculture and forestry contracts.  The team behind OLC is highlighting to governments … ( [email protected] ) is a qualified solicitor and legal tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development. … a presentation by Emily Polack, a senior researcher in IIED Legal Tools team, are available from IIED's Slideshare site . …
Insight, 04 August 2016
Photo: Farah Sevilla, Alyansa Tigil Mina
How extractive industries can address conflict and build trust with communities
… gaps left by weak legal systems. "Leading oil and gas, mining and forestry companies are starting to establish their own formal mechanisms … a fundamental shift in how the company deals with conflict and stakeholder engagement." Writing in the book’s foreword, Caroline Rees, …
News, 25 April 2013
Four people sit on the floor to look at a map on the ground.
In her name: securing land tenure for women in Zambia
… the participation of women and youth. A series of practical guidance tools were developed for enumerators and other field staff involved in … , USAID ILRG supports improved land use planning for wildlife and forestry sectors, low-cost and accessible land documentation for …
Insight, 14 October 2021
Deforestation in Bhutan: forests are a prime example of how an integrated approach to policymaking can prevent benefits in one area undermining wellbeing elsewhere (Photo: Curt Carnemark/World Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Integration: will the UN Forum on Forests lead the way?
… set out in REDD+ and the Global Objectives on Forests (GOF) . As forestry policy experts gather in New York for the 11th session of the …
Insight, 01 May 2015
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PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… biodiversity. This issue of PLA explores two important participatory tools: Community protocols – or charters of rules and responsibilities – … confronting threats from mining and protected areas; and improving forestry partnerships.  It also looks at government experiences of … community protocol process Holly Shrumm and Harry Jonas Using stakeholder and power analysis and BCPs in multi-stakeholder processes …
Article, 31 May 2012
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… of protected areas, food demand and forests, and locally controlled forestry. IIED and partner events Making ecosystem-based adaptation … that have been generated from the practical use of EbA methods and tools in multiple countries. The relevance of EbA and how it can be … forest business Pavilion event Date:  Monday, 5 September This multi-stakeholder event launched a book describing eight locally controlled …
Event, 01 September 2016
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 . … the research, and train community researchers in selected methods and tools. The project used a highly participatory approach designed to … and across different countries. The results were shared at in-country stakeholder events and at international policy meetings. Conclusions …
Project, 29 April 2019
A tree crashes to the ground in a forest after being felled by a man with a chainsaw
South-South REDD: A Brazil-Mozambique Initiative
… initiative to strengthen partnerships towards locally controlled forestry. Project objectives The main purpose of the project was to … a process towards national REDD strategy – including a national multi-stakeholder dialogue, the strengthening of institutional capacity and … also enabled the exchange of knowledge regarding local-level planning tools for REDD+, with a particular focus on Manica province. The …
Project, 16 December 2009
Women opening the fruit of the marula tree to extract the kernel for making marula oil (Photo: CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Encouraging collaboration: drafting a new law to stop biopiracy in Namibia
… across government, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministries of …
Article, 21 March 2016
REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… benefits to communities is not straightforward. Mozambique’s land and forestry legislation is perhaps better framed as it contains provisions … will develop readiness plans and map out next steps. We have the tools and knowledge – now they need to be used to hammer something into …
Insight, 17 November 2011