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The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
… The training materials (in Spanish) are listed under the 'additional resources' section below.   2021 We continued to actively engage with … learned’  (in Spanish).  October 2017 We supported the dialogue 'Natural infrastructure: a strategic alternative for the Nationally … the Potato Park and attended discussions of the project’s focus group. The dignitaries and the communities engaged in an animated …
Project, 04 September 2018
Somali and Boran pastoralists came together to discuss ways to share water resources at a meeting this month. (Credit: James Pattison)
Kenya: The importance of cross-border dialogue in the drylands
… do not have an equivalent to the Boran system of dedha for managing resources or negotiating access with other groups. They have grazed … Isiolo County Government has stepped in to support the traditional natural resource governance regulations of the Boran people and evict … ways communities on each side of the border could share the grazing resources. Tensions over grazing land As the meeting began there was a …
Insight, 19 March 2014
Timber in Ethiopia
Report sets stage for China-Africa forest governance research
… of the China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform, a new group that aims to ensure that such investments are environmentally … be amongst the winners from this," says James Mayers, head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group. "There is much work to be done to improve compliance … Natural resource management …
News, 31 July 2013
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… (such as in Ghana) make as much as 21% of their income from forest resources. Often this is because communities have insecure tenure and so … needed to realise the potential of diverse on-farm tree-growing and natural forest production schemes. Cooperative business models that can … Participants agreed to join forces in a new FLARE working group to improve not only the data on smallholder production, but also …
Insight, 22 October 2018
Covers of best publications 2021.
IIED's best of 2021: publications
… the Global Commission on Adaptation and including IIED and the World Resources Institute. Endorsing these principles and embracing the … for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the international community and the LDC Group might support LDCs to effectively engage in the new format of …
Article, 17 December 2021
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
… wetland Back in 2006, when I was based in Japan, I joined a voluntary group striving to protect the Haso Wetland in Inuyama City, Aichi – just … the useful interactions between the human social system and the natural ecosystem. Therefore, unlike many countries such as Brazil and … case as to why governments or individuals should invest in these resources. My very first economic experiment was to estimate the …
Insight, 15 April 2015
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… in place, and under the right conditions, almost any individual or group can build a successful forest enterprise. "A first step is to … often result simply in compensation for loss of access to land or resources, rather than a genuine shared enterprise. In contrast, a … are the ones who seek investors and partnerships for managing their natural resource assets. "The rights-based approach recognizes local …
News, 07 September 2012
Farmers sit in a field sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, Peru.
Making the Nagoya Protocol work at the community level
… step in promoting the conservation and wise use of the Earth's living resources. But it has taken 18 years for governments to establish a … or so, it will create new incentives for countries to protect their natural capital while enabling businesses to develop useful new products … benefit-sharing, and their legally-recognised and customary rights to natural resources and land. Second, it requires countries to take …
Insight, 04 July 2012
Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
… new ones – for example, if local people lose control over productive resources.  About SENTINEL Bringing together 10 partner organisations … Adolph ( [email protected] ), is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group … Natural resource management …
Insight, 19 December 2017
A community in Cameroon, where Centre pour l'Environnement et le Developpement has been supporting junior lawyers in rural communities (Photo: Lorenzo Cotula/IIED)
Legal empowerment: what we do, what we've learned
… has worked to strengthen the rights of rural people in the face of natural resource investments. Characterising our work: three key … a principal researcher (law and sustainable development) in IIED's  Natural Resources research group .   … Natural resource management …
Insight, 14 November 2017