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Game reveals complex links between poverty and threats to apes
… — was organised as part of IIED's Poverty and Conservation Learning Group initiative with support from the Arcus Foundation, the US Fish and … Natural resource management …
Insight, 13 January 2012
Cover for G02972.pdf
Stronger by association - strengthening the position of small and medium-scale forest enterprise in the Brazilian Amazon (PLA 53)
… It helps create a sense of community and enables people to pool their resources to increase bargaining power with outsiders (Merry and … the policies and institutions that govern access to and use of natural resources. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA, formerly PLA … editorial board. See: www.planotes.org Keywords: policy, natural resource management (NRM), community-based natural resource …
Publication, 01 December 2005
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Decentralisation and boundary setting in Mali: The case of Kita district
… address the issue of land tenure. If so, should it do this through natural resource management? And is it always necessary to set …
Publication, 01 July 2009
Good forest governance is key to reducing climate change and poverty
… solutions to these challenges, the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) was set up by IIED in 2003 with support from the EU and the … must be fair and effective,” says James Mayers, head of the natural resources group at the IIED. “Communities need more control and more …
News, 26 March 2012
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Philippines experiences, lessons and challenges in environmental mainstreaming
… deprivations, and with the economy experiencing both a squeeze on natural resources and escalating environmental hazards such as climate change, …
Publication, 01 April 2012
Pastoralists in Isiolo County mapping community resources, such as water sources and good grazing areas. This pilot project developed a mechanism that allows local people to identify investments that can build their resilience to climate change. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Award win highlights collaboration for Kenya climate resilience
News, 15 April 2015
Miners pushing a cart out of a mine near the Bolivian town of Potosi. For centuries this area had the richest silver mines in South America. Today many of the mines are worked by local cooperatives, but conditions are still harsh (Photo Nyall & Maryanne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Listen and learn: lessons from the small-scale mining sector
… ) is senior researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group . … Natural resource management …
Insight, 05 February 2015
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Organisational mechanisms that best serve the poor
… Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 January 2005
Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and improved livelihoods in Africa
… Natural resource management …
News, 01 October 2010
An IIED workshop in September 2016 that focused on conceptualising 'better evidence' (Photo: Celie Manuel/IIED)
Generating better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation
… reliability, and is transparent about its own methodological basis. A group of IIED researchers and evaluators have explored how … communities to discuss and map out their physical environment and the resources they depend on in collaborative discussions with decision … methods, such as randomised sampling, household surveys, focus group discussions and participatory workshops. Theory-based impact …
Project, 24 March 2017