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Cover for 6152IIED.pdf
Mad Cows and Bad Berries
… The emergence of human disease epidemics can, in many instances, be interpreted as …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Cover for 7800IIED.pdf
Community Based Wildlife Management in West Africa: A regional review
… potential for tourism, and situations of conflict with peripheral human populations. However, the most remarkable fact is the absence of …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… and IIED has been engaging with urban issues since the 1970s. Our Human Settlements research group works on urban environmental issues at …
Article, 11 October 2016
Prioritising positive and negative social impacts of the protected area at Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda (Photo: Rob Small)
Introduction to conservation, communities and equity
… policy and programme design Exploring innovative options for tackling human wildlife conflict – including designing and testing a commercial …
Article, 05 August 2013
A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars
Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable
… India 2015: Evidence , a publication by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), India had the highest number of road deaths …
Insight, 05 June 2019
Cover for G01397.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 Topical surveys as a tool for a more dynamic farmer extension worker relationship
… a situation before and methods stress the importance of high quality human resources: a multi-disciplinary one can intervene in it', without …
Publication, 01 January 1988
A family at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia. Some 650,000 migrants and refugees travelled through Croatia between September 2015 and January 2016 (Photo: Meabh Smith/Trócaire, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Responding to transit refugees in Croatia
… approaches to delivering humanitarian assistance and protecting human rights under tight time constraints.  Clear communication needed …
Insight, 19 August 2016
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… bound together. Nineteenth-century jurist Henry Maine theorised that human societies evolved from kinship structures shaping people’s rights …
Insight, 16 May 2021
Will a standard for social responsibility make any difference?
… issues that should be considered. This list includes the environment, human rights and labour rights, as well as other crucial matters, like …
Insight, 11 April 2012
Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)
Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
… dimension marks a change from the MDGs, which focused on poverty and human development. All countries, rich and poor, need to act. The MDGs …
Insight, 25 July 2016