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IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
… Southwest Uganda. Bwindi is a World Heritage Site, famous for being home to a population of highly endangered mountain gorillas. Each year …
News, 29 October 2018
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COVID-19 and global economic ordering: radical shift or more of the same?
… by carrying on working or are able to ‘self-isolate’ by working from home is largely a function of class . Where available , data on the … dogmas and prompted commentary about a reconfiguration of economic governance. There is talk about the ” end of neoliberalism ”, and even … Warwick Law School and Director of the Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE), for their comments on this …
Insight, 24 April 2020
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… The concept of the common good and its importance for "our common home" – and for the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , finalised …
Insight, 12 October 2015
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
Article, 14 April 2020
A seated man gives a speech to a camera directly in front of him, next to the Bhutan national flag
CBA14 opens with LDC chair call for greater ambition on climate change
News, 21 September 2020
Fishermen along the Meghna Rover (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
Want to know how to save a fish species? Ask a fisher
… permits many factories in the capital to produce them. 2. A Hilsa's home must be clean and deep. "Hilsa are quite beautiful and wise … then they will migrate elsewhere. So we have to prepare a nice home for them." As a former fisherman and now what I would describe as …
Insight, 08 June 2014
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Sustainable financing of protected areas in Cambodia: Phnom Aural and Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuaries
… for biodiversity conservation and environmental services. They are home to about 30,000 people who rely on subsistence agriculture, cattle …
Publication, 01 January 2008
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
News, 18 November 2015
Extinction Rebellion climate protesters march through London behind a big green banner proclaiming 'Rebel for life'
The Paris Agreement always needed Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
Insight, 24 April 2019
Approximately 80 heads of state and government attended the UN climate change conference in Marrakech in November 2016 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How can the poorest increase the influence of their climate diplomacy? 
Insight, 19 January 2017