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A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… a key transit route for oil and gas pipelines, and has two major new natural gas transit projects that will provide lucrative … of its fuel for power generation, it is also keen to develop local resources. Bulgaria could become a leading generator of power from … by Emma Wilson, a Senior Researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED, and Teodora Todorova, an independent researcher who wrote …
Insight, 17 January 2012
Farmer stands in her field of groundnuts boarded by maize in Malawi
Democratising food and agricultural research
… to address the challenges of food security, poverty and sustainable natural resource management. It can generate knowledge, technologies and … Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) , centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)  and other …
Project, 17 August 2012
Lions on the move in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. While populations of lions have increased by 12% in four countries, including Botswana, studies show a 43% overall decline from 1993-2014 (Photo: Barrett, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
To save Africa's wildlife, conservation needs a radical shake-up
… and James Mayers ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 03 March 2018
South Africans celebrate 'Vuvuzela Day': the World Forestry Congress in Durban will discuss critical forestry issues (Photo: Dundas Football Club, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Time to dust off the vuvuzelas
… is principal researcher in IIED's forest team with the Natural Resources Group . Resources / who to follow at WFC …
Insight, 04 September 2015
Evidence of coastal erosion in The Gambia. Erosion is threatening not only Gambia's tourist industry but also wetlands, roads and infrastructure (Photo: Diego, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition
… most vulnerable. Together with the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I spent the first two weeks of December in a final push. Our … Pa Ousman Jarju is Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources, Parks and Wildlife, and Fisheries, and The Gambia's lead … at international climate talks. He co-facilitated the working group on Pre-2020 action at COP21, set up to help deliver the Paris …
Insight, 19 February 2016
Champion of urban climate action Debra Roberts will deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture. Click the image to apply to attend the event (Image: IIED)
Jack of all trades, master of the urban agenda
… co-chairing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 2 on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (IPCC WG2). She is, she … to juggle the challenges of rapidly growing cities, diminishing natural resources and a changing climate. But while frustration may have driven …
News, 14 September 2016
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Participatory impact monitoring of a soil and water conservation programme by farmers, extension volunteers and AKRSP in Gujara
… of their The sequence involves the following steps: priorities for natural resources management. · Discussion with each farmer on his field; The …
Publication, 01 January 1988
Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… fought and stole under different flags to get hold of the same natural resources – gold, silver, sugar, cotton and wool – and of course the … boiling in the Peruvian casserole. The ingredients were there – great natural resources and entrepreneurial people who had at least something …
Insight, 16 October 2011
A maize farmer near Alauca, Honduras, takes a break from digging irrigation channels. Climate change in the form of higher temperatures and less rain is expected to have a big impact on Central American crops and farmers, and decision-makers need information on climate change adaptation (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Creative Commons)
Will divisions in the board delay the Green Climate Fund?
… [email protected] ) is a senior researcher with IIED's Climate Change Group .  Barry Smith is an independent consultant working with IIED's Climate Change Group. Related:   Why is the Green Climate Fund's pledging meeting … Jarju , The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources, and Parks and Wildlife and the first Special Climate Envoy to …
Insight, 18 November 2014
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… Loan Diep and David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements Group, reported on the key issues Where city authorities are able to … farmers, loggers and miners work for and with Chinese businesses in natural resources extraction and production, mainly in the informal sector.  …
Article, 22 December 2015