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Although aid agencies provide emergency help in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, only long-term planning can deal with the wider environmental stresses (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
Unblocking the cycle of water stress, crises and innovation in the Bekaa Valley
… From 2015 to 2017, IIED drew on our broader experience in the arid lands of Kenya to look … the crisis-driven nature of international and national agendas. What IIED did IIED's work explored how to transform water and climate stresses in the …
Project, 04 January 2017
David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… from climate change to large-scale agricultural investments.  An IIED webinar examined how community by-laws can help secure customary … ) is a qualified solicitor and Legal Tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources … problems , Alfousseyni Diawara, Bougouna Sogoba, Moussa Djire (2014), IIED Briefing Décentralisation au Sahel : leçons, questions, défis. Dix …
Insight, 01 December 2016
City without limits: keeping pace with the urban poor
… of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), talks about her work with IIED Imagine this. You share your source of drinking water — a single … me to continue to do what I do. How have you collaborated with IIED? I was a resident fellow with the Human Settlements group at IIED in 2004 for six months. This helped me better understand IIED's …
Article, 18 November 2008
The GWI website (Photo: IIED)
New website focuses on dams and family farming in West Africa
… access to secure land tenure. GWI in West Africa is implemented by IIED and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) , … and local development . Contact Jamie Skinner ( jamie.skinner@iied.org ), principal researcher, Natural Resources Group; team leader, …
News, 15 January 2015
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Farms and funds: investment funds in the global land rush
Publication, 01 January 2012
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Putting farmers first: reshaping agricultural research in West Africa
Publication, 01 January 2012
'Focus Cities'- Moreno, Argentina
… of the Focus Cities , the City of Moreno, Buenos Aires, Argentina by IIED-América Latina. The film presents the views as well as the results … representatives of local community organisations and researchers from IIED and IIED-AL. …
Article, 24 November 2010
Government officials and researchers discuss the future of hilsa management on 19 January (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
UK's Darwin Initiative funded project strives to reduce threats to hilsa fish
… from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and the  … last ten years. Dr Essam Yassin Mohammed, a senior researcher with IIED, explained: "Unlike in many other countries that resort to … resources to manage hilsa fishery sustainably. We are pleased that IIED, BCAS and BAU are working together through the financial support of …
News, 19 January 2015
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Sustainable patterns of world development
… 2013 edition of International Innovation includes this interview with IIED’s director Dr Camilla Toulmin about the Institute’s activities. …
Publication, 01 October 2013
A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
… density and high poverty. Research conducted between 2012 and 2015 by IIED, Oxford University and the Ugandan research organisation the … protected, rather than a cost to be endured.  Dilys Roe ( dilys.roe@iied.org ) is principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 27 October 2017