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Uganda's forest grabbers are back - but the people are ready
… at the peak of an NGO-led campaign to stop a company owned by Mehta Group from converting 7,100 hectares of Mabira national forest reserve … for fairer, greener governance.   James Mayers is the head of IIED's Natural Resources Group More information see our pages on the Forest Governance …
Insight, 17 August 2011
Although aid agencies provide emergency help in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, only long-term planning can deal with the wider environmental stresses (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
Unblocking the cycle of water stress, crises and innovation in the Bekaa Valley
Project, 04 January 2017
Studies reveal prospects for linking ape conservation with poverty reduction in Africa
… with local communities who were restricted from accessing forest resources they had used for generations. One report, focussing on … to initiatives that give communities decision making power over natural resource management and ways to benefit from them. "These … says Dilys Roe, coordinator of the 'Poverty and Conservation Learning Group', an international network of conservation and development …
News, 18 August 2010
A woman sells palm oil in a market in west Africa.
Four actions to reduce the ‘forest footprint’ of commodities
… including voluntary moratoria on sourcing products from, for example, natural forests, and consumer-directed campaigns, such as when … Natural resource management …
Insight, 18 March 2013
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
Article, 31 December 2015
Cover for 14574IIED.pdf
Public Participation and Oil Exploitation in Uganda
… in the oil production sector. On the basis of interviews and focus group studies it further examines the main practical barriers to better … substantive challenges for the fair and equitable management of natural resources in Uganda. …
Publication, 01 December 2008
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… the continent aspires to achieve. Africa's dependence on marine resources  Communities in coastal African states have lived off the … fishing, human and drug trafficking, slavery, dumping of waste, or natural disasters may pose a more significant risk. Climate change and … is a senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 13 October 2016
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… level. She said: "Where we want to go: we want to see the ecological resources being developed, and sustainable development being undertaken … here. Improving market access for pastoralists Some 95% of Africa's natural rangelands are considered degraded, leaving pastoralist … — Teresa Corcoran (@TeeCorc) April 2, 2019   Day 1 World Bank Group interim president opening address The opening plenary featured a …
Article, 04 April 2019
IIED's Susannah Fisher and David Dodman (top, centre) talk to stakeholders on a social learning project in Kenya (Photo: IIED)
Using learning partnerships to support change
… capacity development through training and the provision of learning resources Generating evidence through retrospective, real-time and … resilience.  Forest learning groups The Forest Governance Learning Group aims to connect forest-dependent people who are marginalised from … Urban areas are increasingly the sites of humanitarian crises, from natural disasters to conflict and displacement. Through the Urban Crises …
Article, 24 April 2017
A giraffe takes stock at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Social Assessment of Protective Area fieldwork starts next week (Photo: www.kicheche.com via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
… they evicted local people or restricted them from using the area's natural resources. In recent years, political commitment to social equity in … Phil Franks is a senior researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( [email protected] ) …
Insight, 11 March 2014