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Pre-emptive controlled burning in Belize is preventing severe uncontrolled wild fires during the driest months (Photo: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment)
Flaming parrots and palmetto palms
… populations are degrading these resources in an increasingly variable climate. The forest land itself has also recently become a hot topic in … researcher in the forest team within IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 08 February 2016
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… ). As people grapple with how to avoid deforestation and mitigate climate change, it has never been more important to look to realities on the …
Insight, 24 February 2011
Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD
CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all
… the challenge of powering the world while preventing dangerous climate change, with goals on doubling energy efficiency and renewable energy … on the ground.   Sarah Wykes is lead analyst on environment and climate change for Cafod; Ben Garside is a researcher for the …
Insight, 16 September 2013
A giraffe takes stock at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Social Assessment of Protective Area fieldwork starts next week (Photo: www.kicheche.com via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
… us with important gifts by, among other things, regulating local climate and river flows, protecting species that pollinate our crops, … With equity on the agenda, and ambition in the air, we ought to see change on the ground. But since the Durban World Parks Congress, despite … Phil Franks is a senior researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( [email protected] ) …
Insight, 11 March 2014
A new sanitation block being constructed in Kibera settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Most of Kibera's residents don't have access to electricity or running water (Photo: Sustainable Sanitation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Finance for whom and for what?
… agencies and the private sector. But who has to act – to change so fundamentally what is currently achieved? And to meet the … capacity to invest and to implement "resilient infrastructure and climate-friendly policies and investments". But where is the … ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group and leads the team on urban poverty and local organisations. …
Insight, 31 March 2015
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… the brands under seven themes -- land, women, farmers, workers, climate, transparency and water -- and calculates each score according … in measures of what companies aspire to, rather than of observable change, for example in the health of trading relations, or the welfare … Bill Vorley is a principal researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 27 February 2013
Green shoots and REDD herrings
… vital moves towards locally controlled forestry, viable forest-based climate strategies and practical forest governance. Locally-controlled … that marginalise rather than empower forest people. Securing climate change mitigation and, equally importantly, adaptation from …
Insight, 15 October 2009
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… strengthen biodiversity conservation efforts by communities, support climate change adaptation, and help to establish long-term partnerships between …
Insight, 02 October 2012
Non-literate farmer filmmakers help save biodiversity
… to increase people’s livelihoods options and ability to adapt to climate change. It also created stable local markets for marginalised producers …
News, 14 May 2008
Poultry farming is part of the sustainable agriculture system, along with crop production and fisheries, at Songhai Centre, in Porto Novo, Benin (Photo: Mark Surman via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
LDC experts to share ideas on building productive capacity
… Research Forum (IRF2015) and also the LDC Independent Expert Group , several members of which are participating at the Benin … integrate in the global economy, adapt and build resilience to climate change, foster inclusive and equitable growth, create decent employment …
Insight, 25 July 2014