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The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), is helping mitigate climate change – although both are important points. Rather, it is that UCFAS, … they could play an important role in delivering the SDGs (including climate change action). The FFF has recently launched Phase II to help …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Women preparing tapioca
Tapioca tech in Togo – how producers are organising to transform lives and land
Insight, 05 February 2020
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
… by investing in natural capital to achieve the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. Investing in Natural Capital was the theme of last … Climate change …
Insight, 17 July 2017
Village councils or panchayats have not been involved in India's approach to the SDGs so far (Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific)
Are citizens being left behind by India's approach to the SDGs?
… from NITI Aayog, the Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Ministry of Urban Development, civil society organisations …
Insight, 26 September 2016
A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards a fairer future for conservation
… collapsing. Species are becoming extinct at unprecedented rates. Our climate is in crisis… The benefits of development are not shared … concerns about watershed protection, biodiversity and climate change. There are some win-win situations but more often than not, … is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . This blog was originally posted by Mongabay . …
Insight, 05 September 2016
A sunset in rural Mali: a new day is dawning towards securing the land rights of rural communities (Photo: Kurt Paterson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land
… and resolving conflicts. Fourth, we can see how this new law will change the way land is occupied and land rights are granted. For … Toulmin ([email protected]) is a senior fellow in IIED's Climate Change research group . …
Article, 10 August 2017
A tree nursery run by Fedecovera, is the world's biggest exporter of cardamom and a cooperative with 25,000 members (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Organise to thrive
… groups, the FFF invest in strengthening forest and farm producer group businesses, engagement with multi-sectoral policy platforms, and … such as forests and the economy, forests and energy, and forests and climate change. It is also plans to help provide business services to enterprise …
Insight, 30 June 2015
Villagers harvesting a cinnamon tree near the village of Lubuk Beringin, Jambi province Indonesia. Villagers are managing the forests sustainably using traditional values (Photo: Tri Saputro/ CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Arguing the case for community forestry
… Planting trees to be 'green', helping to address climate change and to increase incomes is becoming more and more popular in … campaign, 'Indonesia Planting Tree'. The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) in Indonesia (Indonesian text)  has been supporting these …
Insight, 07 April 2015
Aceh, Indonesia, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the ninth anniversary of which is on Boxing Day. Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Reading into the future this Christmas
… Yet when young people around the world clamour for action on climate change and other issues, rarely do those in power pay them more than … and societal — if we are to ensure prosperity for all in the face of climate change and other long-term threats. The report does make one …
Insight, 23 December 2013
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… and prices will remain higher than before 2007-08.  Socioeconomic change at both national and global levels is driving this trend: … urbanisation drives dependence on agricultural commodities, and climate change can exacerbate bottlenecks in agricultural supplies.  In … (law and sustainable development) in IIED's  Natural Resources Group .  This blog was originally posted on RightingFinance .  Resources …
Insight, 25 May 2016