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Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… the debate on land use, particularly with a view to protecting the climate and nature. Of course the key is to also safeguard the interests … projects in Africa are a form of "green grabbing", using climate change mitigation as a conduit, while profit making is the overarching … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . Further resources: IIED senior researcher Isilda Nhantumbo …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Biofuels boom risks increasing landlessness among world's poor
… despite growing concerns about the role of biofuels in mitigating climate change, promoting deforestation and taking land formerly used to produce … for international processes such as a post-Kyoto regime to address climate change, for certification schemes and for policies in importing …
News, 02 June 2008
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… actors must keep up with a fast-moving world. Trends in migration, climate change, urbanisation, population growth, investment, technology and …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… brings together the learning from the members of the African Leaders' Group around mainstreaming biodiversity. An easy to read but … work with ICLEI. You can read about the project in  this story of change . In Zambia, project members are focusing on the country’s … in late October to discuss the national biodiversity plan and the climate change plan and how to link up initiatives such as implementing …
Article, 21 March 2014
A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.
Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India
… the informal economy, while also helping to build their resilience to climate change. Kashi Damke: working in the fields and selling vegetables Kashi, … National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Health Research Group using UK aid from the UK government. The views expressed are those …
Article, 06 June 2022
A close-up of the virus that causes COVID-19
Coronavirus threat looms large for low-income cities
… Further reading on IIED's work and the coronovirus Coronavirus and climate change are two crises that need humanity to unite , blog by Andrew … of Geography, UCL, and co-director of the UCL Extreme Citizen Science group , who contributed to this blog. …
Insight, 26 February 2020
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… ensures food and nutrition security in the face of factors such as climate change. She advocates mainstreaming the perspectives and knowledge of … communications content officer,  IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 30 October 2018
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Tips for Trainers : Communications maps - a participatory tool to understand communications patterns and relationships
… the end of a programme, with an intervention and a non-intervention group providing concrete and quantifiable evidence regarding … Alam, Rachel Berger, Terry Cannon and Angela Milligan. Keywords: CBA, climate change, adaptation, participation, DRR, disaster risk reduction, …
Publication, 01 December 2009
These cars in downtown Lanzhou are part of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in China. But electric cars require nearly 10kg of cobalt per vehicle, which may encourage increased deep-sea mining (Photo: Tim Zachernuk, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining in the deep-sea bed: are we ready?
… in the mining industry, intended to create a predictable investment climate for DSM contactors – could backfire. The ISA’s working draft on … of each individual company. Given the dynamic nature of technological change and scientific knowledge, it is highly likely that the ISA will … the “common heritage of mankind” while creating a sound investment climate for private companies. There is also a strong case for ensuring …
Insight, 12 November 2018
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Independent Expert Group (IEG) , IIED and the ESRC's STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on … in new programmes now that will prevail in 15 years' time. Is that change happening? SH:  These goals present the opportunity to completely … be different. They don't need to go for zero poverty but tackling climate change or conserving the oceans – these goals are relevant for …
Article, 03 June 2016