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Pilot projects including the Bolsa Floresta forest stipend scheme in Amazonas, Brazil, help to combat deforestation in Brazil (Google re-use licensed)
How to assess what people want from REDD+
Insight, 31 March 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
… International, FAO, UNEP and WFP.  This effort is part of the Sustainable Diets for All  programme, which builds capacity among local … in Uganda, Indonesia, Bolivia and Zambia to advocate for sustainable, diverse and healthy diets. A Food Change Lab process has … 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
An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
Insight, 26 November 2020
Sixty-two-year-old Elizabeth Mukwimba has a solar-powered lighting system. She no longer has to buy expensive kerosene and has been able to use the savings to re-roof her house (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development)
Electricity supplies in Tanzania: putting people first
… Garside ( [email protected] ) is senior researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . He is a specialist in information and …
Insight, 13 December 2016
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Assessing the Preference of the Public for Environmental Quality Improvement Schemes Using Conjoint Analysis Method: the Case of the Ping River, Thailand
… The five schemes or alternatives were identified following focus group~discussions with selected residents. The alternatives suggested by … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2013
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?
Insight, 27 November 2015
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… Sustainable Development Goals: a forest module for a transformative … 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 … 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
Madizini in Tanzania grew from a village into an urban centre, initially because the local sugarcane plantations and factory needed workers. Now the town supports a wide array of businesses (Photo: Jytte Agergaard)
Reframing food security for an urbanising world
… is central in current global development agendas and debates. Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) aims to achieve zero hunger by … ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . Read more: IIED's project on the impacts of urbanisation and …
Insight, 10 April 2017
A cook serves food to a group of children
Q&A: Encouraging the availability of healthy and diverse foods for students
… too. But if you don’t start from the grassroots then it will not be sustainable. My hope is that the government will also promote healthy … care about healthy food? Tanoker (in Bahasa only), Hivos and IIED’s Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) work in Jember regency has provided …
Article, 29 October 2019
The implications of land-use dynamics for poor households and the environment are explored in the short film 'Karachi Rising' (Photo: IIED)
Spreading the word about Karachi's contested land
… katchi abadis and created a better understanding of rental and land markets. - Arif Hasan Architect, planner, activist  In addition to the … can add to the international debate on development assistance and sustainable development goals for cities. The new data from Karachi has …
Article, 14 September 2014