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Chinese timber business in Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa trade and investment: benefiting Africa's rural informal economy?
… discussions need to recognise informality is the daily reality of natural resource extraction and production in rural Africa. Talking … ) is a researcher in IIED's China team in the Natural Resources Group . Resources: Read this backgrounder for more … Natural resource management …
Insight, 31 March 2015
Street vendor selling vegetables
IIED’s 'food year' blog series explores policies and practice to transform our food systems
… policy debates –  Krystyna Swidersk a, principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group Topics to be explored include food system governance, Indigenous …
News, 22 June 2021
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From conflict to consensus: Towards joint management of natural resources by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the zone of Kishi Beiga, Burkina Faso
Publication, 01 January 2000
Aerial view of hundreds of men and women tin mining
New collection of community development laws for the mining sector launched
… has been developed by IIED, Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG) and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI ). … ha sido desarrollada por IIED, Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG) y el Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) . … Natural resource management …
News, 10 May 2021
A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.
Mitigating farmer-herder conflict
… Based on assumptions around age-old enmity and competition for scarce resources, now aggravated by climate change, the media, policy and … After validating our findings through discussion with a reference group that included researchers and representatives of pastoral … in Africa. In the second phase of this work, we explored changes in natural resource institutions in Mali, Niger, Sudan and Ethiopia – four …
Project, 04 March 2022
The words' World Bank Land Conference' in bold, stark lettering, over a pretty landscape.
IIED and ALIGN at the World Bank Land Conference
… responsible investments, the navigator brings together a variety of resources to help specialist and non-specialist audiences protect land …
Event, 13 May 2024
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Scenarios of agricultural development in Ghana produced during the Sentinel Participatory Scenario Development workshop Accra, Ghana, 4-6 July 2018
… workshop was organised by the Ghana team of the Sentinel project. A group of 31 stakeholders from a range of organisations participated in … Natural resource management …
Publication, 17 December 2021
Phnom Penh: activists, students, monks and community members deliver a petition to Cambodia's National Assembly calling for increased protection for the country's natural resources (Photo: Luon Sovath, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED to host webinar on promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
… the world are taking action to change the way that investments in natural resources are happening, and working to protect the environment and the … to help local communities protect their rights in the face of natural resource investments. In May, IIED produced a short animated … Natural resource management …
Event, 11 September 2015
A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
… regarding our Uganda trip. 'Myself and a couple of others in the group chose to spend an afternoon learning to weave with the lovely … positive and they will value the gorillas and other wildlife as a natural asset to be protected, rather than a cost to be endured.  Dilys … principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 27 October 2017
Rwanda has made significant commitments on restoration. Kigali, surrounded by green hills, was a particularly fitting venue for the African Forest Landscape Investment Forum (Photo: atulinda Images, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Restorative insights at the pool in Kigali
…  ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . … Natural resource management …
Insight, 08 June 2017