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Elephant yams growing on a forested slope in Myanmar.
Myanmar: Could an unusual yam help the march of community forestry?
… to offer small grants to strengthen forest and farm producer group’s capacity for profitable business using different crops and in … the requirement that such businesses create local incentives for sustainable forest management – as is happening with the Elephant Foot …
Insight, 17 May 2013
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… tend to see small-scale mining as a problem, the sector could provide sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people. It's … benefits for all. Abbi Buxton is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development ( …
Insight, 11 February 2014
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… if locally controlled forest enterprises can be made profitable and sustainable. Alliance members from 16 countries shared progress and … commercial rights to the forest and support to develop profitable and sustainable businesses from forest products and services. That is why … local forest enterprises and help link them to each other, to markets and to business and financial service providers have never been …
Insight, 24 February 2011
A huddle of people gather around one person to give advice and discuss negotiating tactics
Leading from the front: responding with urgency to the climate emergency
Event, 01 July 2019
Maize crops in Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District, Nepal (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Investing in adaptation to climate change brings bonus benefits
Insight, 29 April 2014
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
… wasn't a sure thing, and the closing plenary of the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) was on the verge of derailing on the … and Technological Advice (SBSTA)  on the Article 6 mitigation and sustainable development trading mechanism, cooperative approaches, and … Our lead coordinators have also been preparing the LDC Group submissions. The APA submissions in particular are very important …
Insight, 01 November 2017
A community forest in Ethiopia.Credit: Growing Forest Partnerships
Local control of forests brings economic, environmental and social gains
… Family Forestry Alliance to create the G3 – or Three Rights Holders’ Group , a global network of family, community and Indigenous foresters. …
News, 13 June 2012
Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)
REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits
Insight, 18 December 2013
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… remittances. For each city, these include informal and formal labour markets, land prices and availabilities (especially in informal land markets) and the quality and reach of public services. These blogs … applies for water and sanitation data used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring progress on the SDGs …
Insight, 25 February 2020