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Women fishing in shallow water
CBA15: Local solutions inspiring global action
Event, 14 June 2021
Participants developing the Ngiagagniao rural community map (Photo: Bara Guèye)
Making decentralisation work
… are often excluded from decision making, particularly over natural resources. Experience has shown that vulnerable groups are often excluded from decision-making, particularly over natural resources. These groups include women, young people and …
Project, 31 July 2008
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal.
When pigs fly: Why is including women in managing forests still so unusual?
… northern India. She’s secretary of the Pragati Community Forest User Group (CFUG), attending most of the trainings offered by the REDD … some cows was allocated to two poor women members of the forest user group to provide them with long-term income, neither Laxmi nor the women … 22-24, organised by Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) and The Forests Dialogue , aims to …
Insight, 24 September 2012
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… Across the African continent, Chinese companies are investing in natural resources. Understanding the impacts and potential of Chinese investment … right time With audiences around the globe,  IIED’s Communications Group  emphasises accessibility, knowledge sharing, and innovative ways …
Page, 24 October 2018
Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
Article, 03 December 2020
An irrigation pond.
CBA14: From local solutions to global action
… conference online allowed us to bring together a wider, more diverse group. The programme structure was built around networking: we hosted …
Event, 20 September 2020
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… number of Dalits , the most discriminated against and disenfranchised group in Nepal. Because of their status, Tharu people and Dalits often … community members came to understand the value of the diverse natural resources they gather daily from their local forests, as well as how …
Article, 18 December 2020
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The role of biodiversity, traditional knowledge and participatory plant breeding in climate change adaptation in Karst mountain areas in SW China
… ethnic groups of small farmers and the poor, with rich Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) and culture. Climate change is exacerbating already harsh natural conditions and impacting on biodiversity of remote farmers …
Publication, 01 July 2011
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… living in and around forests, and those who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods, have the right rights and incentives.  … of large corporate sustainability. But the loss of biodiverse natural forests and land tenure issues related to IPLCs continues.   The …
Insight, 14 July 2020
Downtown Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania is on track to have a population over 50 million (Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The shifting power of cities
… – such as efforts to achieve development goals, less intense use of natural resources and cutting down on fossil fuels.  The rise of the low-income … forward more than 40 years. This would bring enormous benefits to natural ecosystems and future populations. Policy advisors wanting to …
Insight, 05 October 2016