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Collaborative management of forests and wildlife in Vietnam
… feasibility study and developing and implementing a community sustainable financing plan Training/empowering communities to monitor … Sustainable markets …
Project, 02 January 2009
An IIED workshop that aims to explore the latest thinking on REDD+ gets under way (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Coverage of Moving ahead with REDD+: Prospects and challenges workshop
… event also focused on IIED's forthcoming work on REDD+ and how the Sustainable Development Goals can complement REDD+, and saw the launch … project level , by Charles Meshak, of Tanzania Forest Conservation Group IIED's future work in REDD+ ,  by  Isilda Nhantumbo  (IIED) … How and from where will finance beyond readiness be sourced? Can markets alone be liable to compensate or purchase carbon credits likely …
Event, 09 April 2014
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… by some very favourable government procurement deals), nor that its sustainable production, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council … Globally, what people value is summarised in the rather unwieldy Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . But recent research led by IIED … and financial vigilance mechanisms, networks for better access to markets and decision-making, processes for conflict resolution and …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Rwanda has made significant commitments on restoration. Kigali, surrounded by green hills, was a particularly fitting venue for the African Forest Landscape Investment Forum (Photo: atulinda Images, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Restorative insights at the pool in Kigali
… The event was titled ' Unleashing business opportunities for sustainable landscapes ' – and delivering forest landscape restoration … ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 08 June 2017
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
Article, 24 April 2017
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… possible reason is the timing. The new global goal framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  and the breakthrough global legal … at the top of this blog are stark and simple. We will not achieve sustainable development without sustainable urbanisation. We will not … cities continue to develop on exclusionary pathways – through markets and institutions that protect the spaces and living conditions …
Insight, 13 May 2016
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… commercial actors, producing goods to supply international commodity markets and growing cities, have become the real main drivers of … The increase in forest cover in the foothills is mainly due to the sustainable management of forest resources promoted by Community … projects together to address this gap. At the end of the workshop a group of 16 participants from different organisations – including …
Insight, 18 July 2013
Cover for 14515IIED.pdf
Getting the message across: Promoting ecological agriculture in Bangladesh
… smallholder farmers, many NGOs have been training farmers in more sustainable farming methods. Despite this, the numbers of farmers …
Publication, 01 May 2006
Cover for G00400.pdf
Developing incentive-based mechanisms for watershed protection services and improved livelihoods in India. Workplan 2004
Publication, 01 October 2004
‘Land grabs’ in Africa: is there an alternative?
… and reliance on intermediaries to help farmers reach global markets. Decisions taken now will impact the livelihoods and food … help make the renewed interest in agriculture work for broad-based sustainable development.   …
Insight, 08 March 2011