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The chairman of the Mpungu Authorised Resource User Group, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, who was involved in the development of the 'Multiple Use' programme (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
… direct, tangible and long-term benefit from taking part?   The debate about how research can inform policy and practice often highlights the … ) is a biodiversity specialist at Parsons Brinckerhoff . Re ad more about this work: Uganda: Conserving Bwindi Impenetrable National Park … profiles and motivations of resource users and local perceptions of governance at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda   Project …
Insight, 27 March 2015
Relocated street vendors operate in the car park below the alun-alun of the Masjid Raya Mosque in Bandung, but this basement area does not attract many customers and vendors have to breathe in car and motorcycle fumes due to the poor air circulation (Photo: Kemal Jufri/Panos Pictures)
Building trust through dialogue with street-food vendors
… since 2000. By 2010, Bandung's wider metropolitan area was home to 7 million people . Despite steady economic growth across … not only of a sharp decrease in customers and profits, but also about the discomfort of working in a hot, humid area with poor air … ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 05 November 2015
Participants at the meeting establish how their NGO works with communities in DRC (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
… development in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the natural home to the endangered Eastern Lowland Gorilla. It is difficult to think … its citizens are among the poorest. Years of civil war, weak governance, widespread corruption and financial mismanagement have … chapter could undertake, in both the short and longer term, to bring about the changes needed at a local and national level to improve …
Insight, 24 August 2014
2009 Development and Climate Days film festival highlights
… film makers were present at D&C Days and participated in discussions about their work.  We've picked out the top nine films which we … ( part one |  part two  |  part three  |  part four ): Tara Pada's home is an island in southern Bangladesh. For him and other rural people … Music video featuring 25 Jamaican artists united to spread a message about climate change.   Tofiga O Pili Aau : This participatory video …
Article, 22 July 2010
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… water via local kiosks, rather than by having it piped into a home, found it significantly more expensive. Taking the discussion of … senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , discussed in her blog for World Water Day  how the United … and economically viable dams in West Africa ', shared lessons learned about dams in West Africa, and exchanged experiences with others from …
Article, 24 August 2016
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… for a project that is funded by DFID through IIED ,” adds Maggie about Mlumbe, who is demonstrating how socio-legal empowerment can … of a restructuralising process under Nepal’s new federal system of governance, multiple government institutions at multiple governance … taking their kids to better schools, supporting their families at home, buying solar panels and furniture for their mud hut houses," …
Article, 15 June 2020
Early start: A cow being milked at first light in the village of Kimokouwa (credit: Toby Mitchell)
Mixing meteorology with traditions to improve climate forecasts for pastoralists
… changed in the second half, when village representatives were asked about their own forecasting. The room came to life. Voices clamoured to … travelling with colleagues from Hakikazi Catalyst and the TMA brought home to me the importance of actively engaging with stakeholder groups … Tobias Mitchell is a consultant working with IIED’s climate change group ( [email protected] ). The project is funded by UK aid from the …
Insight, 19 March 2014
The logo of PAGE and information about the conference on 27-28 March 2017
IIED at ministerial green economy conference
… the closing panel on day one of the conference. Norton recently wrote about the challenges of achieving the transformations necessary for a … of the German Development Institute Green investment: starts at home? - Finance, fiscal policy and leveraging domestic resources Date: … Sustainable Markets research group   is working to improve the governance of these sectors. The current edition of IIED's flagship …
Event, 27 March 2017
Squamish river, Canada. Under Stephen Harper, Canada has lagged behind the rest of the world in combating climate change; will new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau make a difference? (Photo: James Wheeler, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new leadership boost Canadian contribution to global climate negotiations?
Insight, 21 October 2015
Mpugu Parish borders Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (top right). Photo: Andrew Kirkby
Maps reveal what motivates people to take resources from flagship national park
… them to make the effort? Bwindi is in south-west Uganda and is home to 400 mountain gorillas — about half of the world’s population. Each day tourists pay hundreds of … as part of this project, the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group found that poorer villagers generally took minor forest products, …
Insight, 09 October 2013