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Many residents of Dar es Salaam live in informal settlements and are vulnerable to a wide range of climate threats, including sea-level rise and coastal erosion and flooding (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4)
Article, 02 February 2010
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal. Photo: WOCAN
Gender and REDD+
Project, 12 September 2013
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Los Informes Nacionales Voluntarios requieren la incorporación de evaluación: un llamado para acción nacional y orientación global
Publication, 01 January 2018
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute, which together with IIED will host the launch event in Beijing next week. At the launch, the … platform partners will also present and discuss new research, which IIED will publish later this year, about Chinese impacts and influence … hard enough at a local or national level," says James Mayers, head of IIED's natural resources group and facilitator of FGLG. "The challenges …
News, 27 February 2013
Knowledge programme publications
Article, 14 May 2013
A boat near Fiji. Tourism and fishing are important industries for the Pacific nation of Fiji. Both of these economically important sectors depend on effective marine conservation (Photo: Sam Gao, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ocean of bliss: rewriting the narrative
… the crisis narrative to one that is focused on solutions.  What's IIED doing to this end? At IIED, our work  aims to promote and support healthy and resilient oceans … you all a happy World Oceans Day! Essam Yassin Mohammed ( eymohammed@iied.org ) is senior researcher in environmental economics in IIED's …
Insight, 08 June 2015
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
… strong rhetoric and policies, and implementation on the ground. IIED is committed to shaping a fairer future . Both for reasons of … stronger steps to practice what we preach. Phil Franks (phil.franks@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . This blog was originally …
Insight, 05 September 2016
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Shifting the balance: equity and sustainable consumption
Publication, 01 January 2009
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Building public trust: transnationals in the community
Publication, 01 January 2009
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Taking control: how citizens can hold industry to account
Publication, 01 January 2009