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Wangari Maathai: activist, environmentalist and mother to a movement
… class=right, size=m, caption=At a special ceremony at the climate change talks in Copenhagen - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inducts … right direction. Find out more about the Forest Governance Learning Group , a network of teams in Africa and Asia who believe that solutions …
Insight, 27 September 2011
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
… senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , discussed in her blog for World Water Day  how the United … price for big dams , by Jamie Skinner Publications The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) , a partner of IIED, is building the …
Article, 24 August 2016
Participants in IIED's 2015 Communications Learning Week join in a session on audience mapping (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Effective policy influence with a four-point plan
… is essential to support citizen empowerment linked to policy change. Our comms learning week colleagues endorsed the view that media … (networking and liaison) at Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group  in India (where there is a plethora of different media … Haque, communications coordinator at the International Centre for Climate Change and development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, has recently been …
Insight, 20 May 2015
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Navigating ocean investments
… MPAs can help support ocean ecosystems, enhance resilience to climate change, and provide food and income for local communities. But the … 8,000km of coastal ecosystems and could enhance the livelihoods and climate resilience of approximately 16,000 households. In 2018 the …
Article, 01 October 2019
Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and improved livelihoods in Africa
… in development projects has led to successful agricultural change and environmental recovery in Burkina Faso and Kenya. They show … challenges of sustainable land management in a situation of changing climate. "Land degradation and desertification are not new phenomena in …
News, 01 October 2010
A screenshot from the Education for Nomads: Voices of the people video (Image: IIED)
Educating nomads
… existing strategies to manage uncertainty and change. They described the process involved and discussed the benefits, … Climate change …
Project, 17 December 2012
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
… led by Lila Buckley, a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group. Afterwards, she said: "We grappled with the seeming contradiction … research interests include environmental journalism, the politics of climate change, public participation and citizen science. Geall is currently …
Event, 16 March 2015
Fish for sale in a Sri Lankan market. Credit: Dhammika Heenpella (Flickr / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Ten ways to ensure there are plenty more fish in the sea
… Mainstream fisheries in national development plans Understand climate change impacts on fisheries Create more safe havens for threatened fish … Essam Yassin Mohammed is a researcher in IIED's sustainable markets group ( [email protected] ) …
Insight, 28 January 2014
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
La riziculture irriguée à grande échelle: l'État doit prendre en compte les perspectives des paysans
News, 03 June 2014
Picture of a bamboo forest canopy.
The first people’s manifesto for democracy and sustainable development
… The manifesto process, led by London-based group the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development (FDSD), … needs to be cherished if it is to thrive and adapt to pressures that climate change, resource scarcity and major demographic shifts will create.   …
News, 08 June 2012