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Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… and interests of members of the Least Developed Countries Group, can help the OWG negotiate a safe way towards getting a … the key areas for targets include: Secure tenure of land and other natural resources Incorporating environmental degradation and social …
Insight, 20 June 2014
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… do." Seth Cook ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group ;  Felia Boerwinkel is food and energy change lab coordinator for …
Insight, 05 June 2017
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Poverty and Environmental Degradation: A literature review and analysis
Publication, 01 January 1996
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable
News, 30 April 2015
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New roadmap for boosting small-scale and family forest producers
… organisations, say two new publications released today by FAO and a group of its partners. In many rural economies, the forest enterprises … receive preferential treatment, access to markets, financing and resources." "Governments need to provide legal status and services for … together," said Duncan Macqueen, principal researcher of IIED. "As a group, smallholders and community and Indigenous Peoples forest …
News, 30 June 2014
Justice in the forests: a series of short films
… The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has produced a series of short films that show how small … Instead, they must rely on the cooperative system to manage their natural resources and can fall victim to outside exploitation without …
Article, 15 April 2011
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
… Theme meeting was led by Lila Buckley, a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group. Afterwards, she said: "We grappled with the seeming contradiction …
Event, 16 March 2015
Stakeholders inspect timber as part of the Eighth field dialogue on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF) in Yogyakarta (Jogya), Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Needed: Local farmers and communities to plant trees in Indonesia
… processing capacity, which is generally met by clear-cutting natural forest.   In 2005, for example, up to 65% of the timber feeding … state provisions covering different types of community rights: group or cooperative rights, under a regime known as Community Forestry … community partnerships in which communities may gain access to forest resources based on an agreement with holders of business licences or …
Insight, 22 February 2012
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
Malawi meeting shows how to make forestry fair and sustainable
… The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) is a groundbreaking initiative of the International … boil down to questions of injustice," says James Mayers, head of the Natural Resources Group at IIED which coordinates the FGLG. "More powerful …
News, 24 November 2008