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Pavan Sukhdev makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Understanding what's at stake
… discover, measure, value and manage their impacts on natural and human capital, discussed the relevance of existing stakeholder reporting …
Event, 11 March 2014
The Sumatran rhinoceros
World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
… overfed, we are putting terrible strains on both the natural and human fabric of our earth. These strains are only likely to increase …
Insight, 17 September 2012
Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor
Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?
… It is equally important that any national park rangers receive human rights training – this is a key factor in selecting the winner of …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… To ensure that nature's goods and services can continue to support human wellbeing, we need better communication about why biodiversity is … to protect biodiversity if they appreciate how important it is to human health, livelihoods and national economies. But many politicians … hand that feeds us it will slap us in the face. That environment and human wellbeing are two sides of the same coin is well-known to …
Insight, 19 October 2010
Cover for 9535IIED.pdf
Small and medium forest enterprise - South Africa: A discussion paper
… an SME development programme that could significantly increase the human and social capital within poor rural communities in South Africa. …
Publication, 01 May 2005
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… Beth Chitekwe-Biti (moderator); South African deputy minister of human settlements, Ms Pam Tshwete MP (keynote address); Sheela Patel, … 2020 Hosted by: UN-Habitat  With David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements research group Displacement in cities: what we need to …
Event, 08 February 2020
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… and indivisibility (you can't pick and choose) are familiar in global human rights law. They are now firmly established in the development … suffer the worst impacts yet did the least to create the problem of human-induced climate change. And if Paris is to produce the outcome we …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Water tank made of stones
Working with nature to manage water resources in a changing climate
Insight, 22 March 2021
A woman carries jerrycans and tree men behind her wear masks and red vests with a red cross in the back
Applying the lessons of COVID-19 to the climate crisis
Insight, 23 February 2022
Cover for 11048IIED.pdf
The Future Is Now Vol.3: Emerging Challenges for the Indonesia PrepCom
… which helped to set the agenda at the Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment. For the Rio UN Conference on Environment and …
Publication, 01 May 2002