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Artisanal fishermen in the Philippines. In a nation made up of 7,100 islands, small-scale fishing provides livelihoods to hundreds of thousands of people. (Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Revealing the value of small-scale fishing to national economies
Article, 23 May 2018
Two women sitting in a field
No room for manoeuvre: debt prevents investing in the future
Article, 26 April 2020
Picture of students and speakers attending Fair Ideas.
Students on Fair Ideas and the future they want
… Among the experts and practitioners attending Fair Ideas, a group of highly-engaged students discussed the future of our generation, … and brainstormed on what’s next for sustainable development. This group, selected from diverse academic disciplines from Pontifícia … Natural resource management …
Insight, 10 July 2012
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… of the SDGs includes targets on ownership and control of land and natural resources, a critical foundation for reducing poverty and enhancing food … and can be measured effectively. In response to this concern, a group of organisations working on land has just released a technical …
Insight, 24 March 2015
Head and shoulders of four smiling people
Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
Article, 06 August 2020
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
The Forest and Farm Facility Vietnam team displays new forest and farm products and knowledge from work with Forest and Farm Producer Organisation businesses (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mass mobilisation: boosting businesses and protecting forests
… forest and farm business' by facilitating links between 279 group businesses and 80 new financial or business service providers, as … But while much is held common, there is diversity. With limited resources, FFF has employed different approaches to facilitation in … engagement was structured around a strong national agriculture and natural resource policy platform, and  In Myanmar and Nicaragua, work …
Insight, 20 March 2018
A woman returns to a farmer village near Dodoma, Tanzania (Photo: Cecilia Schubert, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED webinar: strengthening women's rights in land governance
… the world are taking action to change the way that investments in natural resources are happening, and working to protect the environment and the … in Tanzania 1990. The founding members comprised a professional group of women lawyers who felt the need for an organisation that could …
Event, 02 February 2016
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… These findings were highlighted by the Least Developed Countries Group when it  launched its new Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency … community initiatives to improve their environments.   Our work on natural resources seeks to  achieve increased investment in locally controlled …
Page, 27 October 2017
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… work in Burkina Faso (2008-12), we also focused on integrated water resources management in relation to the Kompienga dam. Bagré dam Bagré … long-term behavioural change, and Improve knowledge and methods of natural-resource management, and establish frameworks and operational bodies for natural-resource governance. Project achievements We helped to achieve …
Project, 16 February 2018