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Cover for G03670.pdf
Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action (RCPLA) Network (PLA 66)
… from Praxis, CDS, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and IIED. …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Cover for G03125.pdf
Helping UN negotiators protect the poorest
… This briefing reflects on an IIED project supporting least developed country negotiators in the …
Publication, 01 July 2011
Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Powering local development in Tanzania
… has a positive impact on the local economy.  Research published by IIED and Hivos as part of our Tanzania Energy Change Lab initiative … Paris, focuses on regulation and business models, while the other by IIED researchers examines what operators can do to build demand for … ([email protected]) or me for more information. Sarah Best (sarah.best@iied.org) is senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets …
Insight, 24 February 2017
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) . The FFF has now established a credible approach to channelling … to those who matter. Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( Duncan.macqueen@iied.org ). …
Insight, 24 March 2014
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?
Insight, 27 November 2015
Cover for G03902.pdf
A glimpse into farmers' seed and traditional cultural activities. Report of the Second Annual Meeting of Farmers’ Seed Network (China). 11-13 January 2015
… seeds. The meeting was supported by the Third World Network and IIED’s SIFOR project which is funded by the European Union. Follow the …
Publication, 01 January 2015
A small mining operation near Garies in the Western Cape, South Africa (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Stuck between a deposit and a hard place
… potential of both sectors. Matthew McKernan ( matthew.mcKernan@iied.org ) is a research consultant on IIED's ASM Knowledge Programme.  Abbi Buxton ( abbi.buxton@iied.org ) is a senior researcher with IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 26 February 2015
Cover for 17039IIED.pdf
Access to Environmental Information in Uganda
Publication, 01 July 2008
Small-scale fishing in Cambodia (Photo: WorldFish/Jamie Oliver, Creative Commons via Flickr)
UN drive to protect life of the oceans must also benefit poor fishing communities
… left behind in the crucial drive to protect the life of the oceans." IIED is holding a discussion side event on 'Towards a sustainable blue …
News, 05 June 2017
A Congolese vendor sells handkerchiefs on the pavement in central Kampala. Congolese refugees dispersed throughout the city often lack the social and economic support networks necessary to find work or to start a business (Photo: William Monteith/IIED)
Refugee livelihoods in Ugandan cities: mind the gap between policy and practice
… in Uganda and elsewhere. I presented the initial findings of an IIED-funded project investigating the participation of displaced people … study over the next few months. William Monteith (william.monteith@iied.org) is a researcher with IIED's Human Settlements research group. …
Insight, 22 March 2017