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A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards a fairer future for conservation
… arrangements' but these are often blind to costs such as human-wildlife conflict, for example in Bwindi Impenetrable National …
Insight, 05 September 2016
An excerpt from the Challenging the constitutionality of adverse laws: Success stories from Indonesia webinar
Striking down adverse investment laws: success stories from Indonesia
… to challenge. This often relies on bringing a group of legal and human rights experts together. What's more, building coalitions and …
Insight, 25 March 2014
Schoolgirls and a teacher in a classroom
Pathways to learning – finding new ways to evaluate SDG progress
… to the ultimate goal of sustainable development: generating sustained human wellbeing from generation to generation. Side event details:  …
Article, 15 July 2019
Cover for G01752.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 9 Institutional issues for monitoring local development in Ecuador
… focuses on leaders and promoters of rural organisations, building human capacities in small rural NGO staff and government extension …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Cover for 8015IIED.pdf
Ethical foundations of sustainable economic development, The
… a means of exploring the interface between environmental economics, human ecology and ethics. The conventional economic paradigm, …
Publication, 01 January 1990
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… on a finite planet? This is an appeal, at the end of the day, to human ingenuity: are we clever enough to figure it out?” Julia … Marton-LeFèvre, head of IUCN: “Knowledge is the greatest tool for human progress but it won’t suffice — we also need leadership and …
News, 20 June 2012
Protesting people march holding a banner
Q&A: Successful social mobilisation for land rights in Nepal
Article, 28 February 2020
Climate change: study maps those at greatest risk from cyclones and rising seas
News, 28 March 2007
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… projects); livelihood security (diversifying product lines); human capacity (through business and design trainings); and cultural …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… the climate negotiations on how to advance the resilience of human communities and the ecosystems with which they coexist. Read the … and climate risk management with the guidance of climate justice, human rights and pro-poor principles. Discussions focused on how we can: …
Event, 08 December 2018