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Cover for X179IIED.pdf
Woodlots, Woodfuel and Wildlife: Lessons from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
… integrated conservation and development projects aimed at addressing human impacts on protected areas in developing countries use strategies …
Publication, 01 January 2000
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 14 The million houses programme in Sri Lanka
… participation in developed in order to implement the urban improving human settlements. The community component of the Million Houses … of (1984-1989). several local activities: a United Nations Centre for Human Settlements/DANIDA Training The Million Houses Programme (and its …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Cover for 9511IIED.pdf
Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for Society's Health, The
… of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all …
Publication, 01 January 2004
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… system. It balances a finely-tuned ecosystem that helps deliver basic human needs, including food. Biodiversity keeps water fresh and air …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Sustainable development is dead! Long live sustainable development!
News, 20 March 2007
Group of women forming a circle in a discussion
Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?
… look strategically at our evidence base to come up with compelling, ‘human’ messages. This will include mapping how EbA can contribute to key …
Insight, 12 July 2021
World Food Day marked by call to democratise agricultural research and ensure food sovereignty
… of agricultural research is a vital for those who seek to make the human right to adequate food a reality," writes De Schutter. "I wish to … here is so important for food security, local livelihoods and human well being, and resilience to climate change." "The 2008 food …
News, 16 October 2010
The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City (Image: Gerald Paragas and Amillah Rodil)
New film tracks city's recovery from deadly typhoon
… Haiyan devastated Tacloban City when it hit on 8 November, 2013. The human cost of the typhoon in Tacloban City was staggering, with 2,669 …
News, 07 July 2016
Someone puts the final piece of a jigsaw into the puzzle
Is SDG evaluation just business as usual?
… and production, unequal distribution of resources and poor respect of human rights. Development aid, as we know it, has never dramatically …
Insight, 21 April 2020
Fishermen in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Photo: Yannick Beadoin)
Painting Africa's economy blue
… aquaculture, tourism, ocean energy and so on, that contributes to human wellbeing in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.  …
Insight, 22 July 2015