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The gender balance of the panel of special guests at the opening of IIED's 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) attracted criticism from the institute's staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Gender lens: putting on the spectacles
… What are the practical approaches that research organisations such as IIED can adopt to ensure that they are taking equality of gender … seriously? This is one of the big questions we are asking at IIED, as we embark on a 'gender audit'. I am part of a small core team … still very important, dimensions of diversity and equality). For IIED, we hope that this process will lead to greater ownership of the …
Insight, 26 May 2015
US special climate envoy Todd Stern tells journalists his views on the 'Higher Ambition Coalition'. LDC chair Giza Gaspar-Martins in second left on the panel at the press conference (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
A symbolic victory on 1.5 degrees for LDC Group in Paris
Insight, 18 December 2015
Turtle hatchlings, targeted by the illegal wildlife trade, are pictured on a beach (Photo: Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association)
How can we engage communities to help reduce illegal wildlife trade?
… Wildlife crime is at the top of the international conservation agenda. IIED and its partners, including the IUCN Sustainable Use and … and programmes? Do the assumptions that we suggest hold true? IIED is looking for feedback from people who have experience in this … each image to expand them. The theory of change can also be found on IIED's Flickr website , where users are further able to magnify it. Each …
Insight, 03 September 2015
Participants in the gender and environmental change workshop discuss REDD+ (Photo: Lucile Robinson/IIED)
Gender and Environmental Change Workshop: highlights
… the University of Birmingham. Event presentations Also available on IIED's SlideShare site and below are nine of the presentations given …   –  by Joy Clancy (ENERGIA) REDD+ and gender – by Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED) The nine myths of gender and environmental change – by Irene … (WEDO) Land, gender and environmental change – by Marie Monimart See IIED's full range of gender publications …
Event, 17 March 2014
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe graze cattle, but also hunt for meat and ivory. There are frequent conflicts with government and park authorities about land rights (Photo: David Stanley via Flickr)
Ensuring equitable management of protected areas: we're still defining the issues
… and even those that did, including three events co-hosted by IIED , struggled to provide clear answers because there has been so … from the congress propose specific efforts to tackle this issue. At IIED we will continue working to promote wider understanding of the key … in Sydney, Australia from 12-19 November. Phil Franks ( phil.franks@iied.org ) is a senior researcher within IIED's Natural Resources Group …
Insight, 05 December 2014
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… I joined IIED in November 1987 to set up the drylands programme . What was it attracted me to IIED? To be honest, I didn't know about Barbara Ward and her legacy. … between research and development had been broken down.  In the 1987 IIED annual report, it says "change is in the air… with the Brundtland …
Insight, 22 June 2015
Hilsa fish at a wholesaler fish market in Dhaka (Photo: Ina Porras/IIED)
The hilsa fishing ban: good for the fish, but good for the fisher?
… only those that come after.  Informing the process to rebalance power IIED's latest study  unpicks the complex matrix of profit and power … hilsa fish market to make it more inclusive. Our study is part of IIED's work on coastal fisheries exploring how local development can … the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Ina Porras (ina.porras@iied.org) is a senior researcher (environmental economics) in IIED's …
Insight, 28 February 2017
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Getting the Engagement of Local Institutions in the UN Development Agenda Post-2015
Publication, 01 September 2013
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Food. Riots and Rights
Publication, 01 September 2013
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Domestic biogas in a changing China: Can biogas still meet the energy needs of China's rural households?
Publication, 01 September 2013