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The chairman of the Mpungu Authorised Resource User Group, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, who was involved in the development of the 'Multiple Use' programme (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
… approach, notably the small harvest quotas, the limited number of resources that they are allowed to harvest and the limited amount of … that it allows local people to return to Bwindi forest and use its resources.   Our research, however, also revealed that there were … We found that the poorest people were not granted access to forest resources but those with a leadership position or authority in their …
Insight, 27 March 2015
Cover for 17712IIED.pdf
Land rights: the missing link for food security in Cameroon
Publication, 01 July 2019
Villagers harvesting a cinnamon tree near the village of Lubuk Beringin, Jambi province Indonesia. Villagers are managing the forests sustainably using traditional values (Photo: Tri Saputro/ CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Arguing the case for community forestry
… campaign, 'Indonesia Planting Tree'. The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) in Indonesia (Indonesian text)  has been supporting these … government. A new report, Arguing Forests , tells the story of the group, covering a decade of work, and here we are given an insight into … land, available in Bahasa Indonesia – the Indonesian language. These resources have been used to give farmers and private forest owners the …
Insight, 07 April 2015
Screenshots from IIED best videos
IIED's best of 2020: videos
… workshops to monitoring the capacity building track for the LDC Group at the  UNFCCC negotiations in Madrid . In addition to written … said that COVID-19 was a reminder that we're not separate from the natural world in a speech as part of a London Climate Action Week event … events in 2020. This video is also an example of how, where time and resources allow, we have strived to provide subtitles and translations …
Insight, 30 December 2020
Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains (Image: HandsUp/IIED)
IIED animation to help communities protect legal rights
… land investment and promotes public debate on the law regulating natural resource investments. IIED also tests ways of strengthening … ( [email protected] , team leader, legal tools, IIED's  Natural Resources Group Emily Polack ( [email protected] , senior researcher, Natural …
News, 19 May 2015
Aerial natural landscape.
From New Zealand to Africa: managing land use trade-offs
… for complex decision-making in topics ranging from conservation and natural resource management to health, marketing, conflict resolution, … land use choices. After my sabbatical, I shared the idea with a group of UK, Ethiopia, Ghana and Zambia-based researchers who are part …
Insight, 04 March 2022
A parrot looking out of a cardboard box in a shopping bag
IIED calls for more attention on effective community engagement in tackling illegal wildlife trade
… Roe, who chairs the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) , will also report that to date, most funding and action on … People Not Poaching , to bring together case studies and information resources on anti-IWT activities that are inclusive of local … Roe , principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity), IIED’s Natural Resources research group Agenda: The meeting will look at the …
News, 15 August 2019
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Potentialités et Conflits dans les Zones Péri-urbaines: Le Cas de Bamako au Mali
… role of the new decentralised local government in managing land and natural resources. …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Water and gravity are used to separate and, ultimately, leave the diamonds (Photo: James McQuilken/@J_McQuilken)
Sustainable development and artisanal mining: time to broaden the ‘blood diamonds’ conversation?
… Natural resource management …
Insight, 03 December 2018
Experts available at Financing for Development conference
… Nanki Kaur, principal researcher in the IIED Climate Change Group, will be available to talk on the following areas: Inclusive and … has focused on issues of poverty, inequality, participation, natural resource governance and climate change. He was previously … negotiations, and adaptation planning in Nepal and Ethiopia. Further resources Blog: It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for …
News, 13 July 2015