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Two women wearing traditional gowns stand in a maize field
EbA Evidence and Policy: China
… research methods for the sustainable management of agro-biodiversity, natural resources and landscapes. It works in more than 30 communities in 10 … also contributed a case study to the CAN-UK International NbS working group report entitled:  ‘Nature-based solutions in action: lessons from … Natural resource management …
Project, 13 June 2018
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Legislators and Livestock: Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
… There is a serious information gap on the role of parliamentarians in natural resource management and development. This report looks at the …
Publication, 01 July 2007
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
… be reinvested in revolving loan funds. These funds can be loaned to group members to pay for the new stoves and buy in bigger fish stocks – …  ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group. … Natural resource management …
Insight, 28 July 2017
View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… racial discrimination. They face growing dispossession of land and natural resources, their cultures are being eroded by modernisation, and … in the four communities. They followed up the interviews with focus group discussions in local villages. The researchers also carried out … Natural resource management …
Project, 29 April 2019
A woman holds a poster with instructions. Another one holds a loudpseaker and points at a poster.
Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries
… multiple challenges that require undivided financial and technical resources. However, there are opportunities to build back better with … IIED has been undertaking in-depth research, as requested by the LDC Group , to explore policy responses to build forward better from the … perspective. This focuses mainly on four workstreams:  Mobilising resources for equitable, green and resilient recovery through debt …
Project, 15 September 2021
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
… needs to be agreed at the third meeting of the open-ended working group (OEWG-3)  tasked with advancing the post-2020 global biodiversity … was FPIC observed.    Access and benefit sharing  of genetic resources found within Indigenous Peoples’ lands and territories should … and terms set up before any projects aiming to utilise these genetic resources are rolled out. Indigenous Peoples should receive what is due …
Article, 09 August 2021
Living in close proximity to wildlife is not a neutral-impact relationship (Photo: Creative Commons, via Pixaby)
Wild life, wild lives: enough talking already
… awareness as to the beauty, productivity, and often fragility of the natural world, the inconvenient truth is that wildlife can also be … Dilys Roe ([email protected]) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . … Natural resource management …
Insight, 27 November 2017
Lilongwe's residents call it the "Garden City" because of its many green spaces (Photo: Gome Jenda )
Seeds of change: Lilongwe City Council recognises the value of urban nature
… for green or public space.  Now, thanks to the persistence of a small group of champions, and the support of international partners, Lilongwe … institutional arrangements in government for protecting the city's natural assets.  As a signal of its commitment to the process, the … rural and remote issue but one that is central to the urban context.  Resources Stories of change: mainstreaming biodiversity and development …
Article, 21 March 2016
People paddle in dugout canoes past a forest in Cameroon.
African land solutions: making the resource blessing a reality
… Speakers and delegates agreed that “ Harnessing and governing natural resources for Africa’s development ” (the forum’s official title) … to undermine biodiversity objectives. He calculated that the forest resources in the protected areas to be lost to the oil palm concession …
Insight, 01 November 2012
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?
… and sustainable development in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the natural home to the endangered Eastern Lowland Gorilla. It is difficult … Congo (DRC). DRC is a vast country with an enormous wealth of natural resources. Its forests contain abundant biodiversity, including many … whether setting up a national DRC Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) could help address some of these challenges. PCLG is an …
Insight, 24 August 2014