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A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.
Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports
… droughts followed by intense rainfall, the impacts of which threaten human safety and economic development (PDF) . This is deeply worrying, …
Insight, 03 September 2020
Cover for G00079.pdf
Becoming Carbon Neutral while supporting Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Development and Environment NGOs
… catastrophic) impacts on the global climatic system and hence on both human as well as natural ecosystems. Efforts to reduce the emission of …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Cover for G03270.pdf
The case of the Nyabyumba United Farmers Group in Kabale district
… market chain to enhance collaboration among the chain actors, build human and social capital and foster competitiveness. This publication …
Publication, 01 May 2008
A man peers through the lens of a camera, while receiving advice from his colleague, another ranger
Learning and action for community engagement against wildlife crime
… – in particular there have been several well publicised cases of human rights abuses. It is also clear from the continuation of poaching …
Project, 30 October 2018
Sharing Power: Learning by doing in co-management of natural resources throughout the world
… those in fairness and solidarity. When it fails, it ushers conflict, human misery and environmental damage. This book is designed to support …
Publication, 01 November 2004
Cover for 6132IIED.pdf
A Hidden Threat to Food Production: Air pollution and agriculture in the developing world
… countries. However, attention to date has been on its impact on human health in large cities. But as this paper demonstrates, air …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Rows of plants on a rooftop make up an urban garden.
COVID-19 highlights three pathways to achieve urban health and environmental justice
… greatly decommodified, as in Vienna , where it is considered a basic human right. A minimal guaranteed income should be put in place, as in …
Insight, 27 August 2020
Women from around Lake Mburo National Park participate in a focus group discussion as part of a multi-stakeholder governance assessment (Photo: Francesca Booker/ IIED)
Understanding governance and equity in conservation
… changes over time.  That’s the technical part. Most important is the human angle: you support an assessment because it matters to local …
Insight, 27 April 2018
Cover for G00074.pdf
Progress in Development Studies 3, 3 (2003) pp. 179-195 Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
… the coming century at rates projected to be unprecedented in recent human history. The risks associated with these changes are real but …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Cover for G00094.pdf
Water And The Least Developed Countries (LDCS) Report Prepared For The United Nations Office Of The High Representative For The LDCS, LLDCS AND SIDS
… Product (GDP) under US$900 and they have very low levels of capital, human and technological development. These 49 countries have a combined …
Publication, 01 January 2003