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Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
Insight, 22 September 2016
A woman behind a counter arranges her vegetable produce
Cartel or chemist?
Insight, 27 February 2020
Kenyan slum dwellers vow to rebuild shattered communities and restore peace
News, 11 January 2008
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
… picture, we headed four hours north of Pemba to Mocimboa da Praia – home to the distinctive triangular sails of the traditional Dhows off shore. Home to Mr Forest Ltd's sawmill onshore. The company is somewhat unusual … investment is also a key concern for the IIED-led China-Africa Forest Governance Project (CAFGoP) which is what brought me to Mozambique. The …
Insight, 10 April 2017
Indigenous people at the Himalayan workshop
Biocultural heritage landscape to be established in Eastern Himalayas
… of food crops, wild plants and culture. The Kalimpong area is home to around 300 different species of orchids, and local people … species, under which economic development, conservation, and good governance of natural resources will be carried out.   Workshop …
News, 30 November 2017
Four people on a video call
Seven things we learned when we moved our public events online
… enabled larger audiences as participants could attend from their own home (Photo: Juliette Tunstall/IIED) 6. Building relationships While …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Rows of plants on a rooftop make up an urban garden.
COVID-19 highlights three pathways to achieve urban health and environmental justice
… narratives that urban density aggravates outbreaks like COVID-19, home overcrowding and unsafe housing conditions are emerging as the real …
Insight, 27 August 2020
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
Insight, 06 August 2014
It is estimated that Mumbai has the largest slum population of any city in the world, with more than half of its 12 million people living in informal settlements (Photo: Jon Baldock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why we do 'slum' profiles
Insight, 22 February 2016
Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)
Clearing the air in Kathmandu
… and record breaking forest fires. Air quality in Kathmandu valley, home to an estimated 3.5 million people and the capital city, Kathmandu, …
Insight, 07 June 2016