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Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… city from below. "We're going to have to figure out ways of getting resources to those particular communities, to increase their level of … but also to indigenous knowledge to help us understand the role of natural ecosystems in improving the adaptive capacity of cities around … In the international arena, Roberts is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth …
Article, 11 October 2016
Settlement in Solomon Islands.
How climate change losses could open the Solomon Islands’ old wounds
Insight, 25 November 2020
The front of a cinema, with posters advertising the film Avatar.
Was 'Avatar' good for Indigenous People?
… messages. Survival International, the Indigenous rights advocacy group, explicitly (and successfully) linked the plight of the Dongria … groups are often valid; many Indigenous Peoples do care about their natural environments, many extractive companies and governments do act … Natural resource management …
Insight, 04 November 2010
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… forests need guardians. Someone to implement good governance and natural resource management, to innovate and utilise technologies and to … by smartphone In January, during a field trip to a forest growers' group in Phu Thinh Commune, Yen Bai province, Vietnam, I saw first hand … established in 2004, which aims to improve the governance of forest resources through collaboration and learning. One of these groups, FGLG …
Insight, 24 August 2015
A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape
Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes
… limited ownership, access to, and control of long-term assets, resources and services (for example irrigation structures such as tanks, … vulnerabilities Multiple risks including climate change, natural disasters, food insecurity, conflict and pandemics − as shown … risks. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 IIED carried out focus group discussions with rural women across three states in India …
Insight, 07 September 2021
Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor
Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?
… month, IIED and the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) hosted a webinar as part of its Learning and Action … they may be equally motivated by a desire to protect their land and resources. Some rangers are targeted for selection based on their … has been developed over many years via a supportive Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) programme . Immediate next steps …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Strategy and Learning Group director Tom Bigg gives an overview of the SDGs (Image: IIED)
Understanding the SDGs: Tom Bigg
… more sustainable, according to Tom Bigg, IIED's Strategy and Learning Group director. In an interview for IIED, Bigg explains that the SDGs … goals are framed around sustainability, recognising the importance of natural resources and the vulnerability of ecosystems; and they are framed as an …
News, 21 August 2015
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… A global boom in natural resource extraction is driving foreign investment into some of … new World Bank report , due to the continent's development of natural resources and infrastructure. This is a huge development opportunity but … a principal researcher in IIED's  Sustainable Markets Group and leader of the energy team. …
Insight, 28 May 2014
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… insecurity, the impacts are most acutely felt by those with fewer resources or choices to respond and adapt. What are the incentives for … alliances and address issues most acutely felt 'by others'? Why are resources not allocated to those who need it most? Exploring these …
Article, 10 December 2021
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… and of philosophy (a leading light in his local philosopher’s soup group), but perhaps of people most of all. A flood of messages following … Duncan Macqueen , principal researcher and forest team leader, IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
News, 14 March 2019