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A huddle of people gather around one person to give advice and discuss negotiating tactics
Leading from the front: responding with urgency to the climate emergency
Event, 01 July 2019
Ploughshare and radiated tortoises that have been seized in Bangkok will be among the case studies presented at a wildlife crime symposium in South Africa (Photo: Panjit Tansom/TRAFFIC)
Symposium examines how communities can be helped to combat wildlife crime
… the IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi ), the Austrian Ministry for the Environment , Australia's … crime and communities , by Dilys Roe , principal researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources Group . The publication features case studies looking at …
News, 20 February 2015
Prioritising positive and negative social impacts of the protected area at Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda (Photo: Rob Small)
Introduction to conservation, communities and equity
… communities, especially in relation to peoples' ability to access resources essential for their livelihoods and to defend their assets … often ignored – making it impossible for them to protect the land and resources they own or manage. Communities rarely have a voice in … of conservation through our People and Conservation Learning Group . …
Article, 05 August 2013
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… On day four the UNFCCC and the  Least Developed Countries Expert Group  convened the  Regional  National Adaptation Plans (NAP) Expo  as …  was held in Kampala, Uganda, and focused on harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation. More than 300 participants from …
Event, 11 June 2018
Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower? 
… Skinner ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 31 October 2016
A 'peace wall' in Mukuru, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Urban ARK)
A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi
… health services; education, youth and culture; environment and natural resources; housing, infrastructure and commerce; and community … is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group , and a co-investigator of Urban ARK. This blog was originally …
Insight, 18 October 2017
People sat around a table looking at a poster.
Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
… Office  and the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group . Here, Olivia Wilson-Holt talks to three session … their attitudes and contribute to the protection of wildlife resources. JD: Communities are key to tackling IWT because they are the … and UWA, whereby communities can freely access scarce selected resources from protected areas with a view to sharing benefits and …
Article, 17 December 2020
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… As climate change escalates and its impacts deepen, resources to support poor people to adapt are needed more than ever.  … projects. Typically, social learning approaches have helped solve natural resource management issues, for instance by working out ways to … is senior researcher in IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . Marissa Van Epp is a consultant working for IIED. …
Insight, 16 March 2017
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… set out three of the key positions for the Least Developed Countries group: on a 1.5 degree pathway, on a binding regime and on achieving a … heroes".   Ecosystem- and community-based adaptation: learning from natural resource management   As ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) and … analysis or diktat alone. IIED''s Forest Governance Learning Group, working on the ground for over a decade, has helped drive …
Article, 29 December 2014
These cars in downtown Lanzhou are part of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in China. But electric cars require nearly 10kg of cobalt per vehicle, which may encourage increased deep-sea mining (Photo: Tim Zachernuk, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining in the deep-sea bed: are we ready?
… Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) , the treaty governing the ABJN, states that resources in the deep seabed are the “common heritage of mankind”. It … frameworks. Political economy analysis of past attempts to govern natural resource extraction has revealed the importance of ' sequencing …
Insight, 12 November 2018