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A man tends intercropped coffee and banana in Rwanda
Exploring how climate change interventions can work best to deliver more than the sum of their parts
Project, 17 December 2012
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… while reducing poverty . Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is a principal researcher in the forest team within IIED's Natural Resources research group . This blog was originally …
Insight, 07 September 2016
Roadside stalls
For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
… potential. These are key findings from research (PDF)  by  WIEGO  and IIED with street vendors in Nakuru (Kenya) and Durban (South Africa). … Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT), University of Nairobi, and IIED. Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) was a …
Insight, 12 August 2019
Mangrove reforestation project
Development and life in general under threat from accelerating destruction of nature – but solutions are possible
News, 06 May 2019
Matoke sellers in Uganda. Photo: Bill Vorley
Small producer agency in the globalised market
… manage risks and make decisions. The joint knowledge programme of IIED, Hivos  and Bolivia-based Mainumby Ñakurutú has focused on … series on how to make markets work for small-scale farmers IIED, Hivos and collaborating institutions have hosted a series …
Project, 14 May 2013
Introducing improved climbing bean varieties in Rwanda has transformed beans from a subsistence crop into a cash crop (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Flickr)
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
Insight, 24 November 2014
Cover for G00019.pdf
Becoming Carbon Neutral while supporting Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Development and Environment NGOs
… The document discusses possible ways of estimating IIED's total GHG emissions and ways of reducing and offseting these. It …
Publication, 01 September 2004
Good governance key to success of payments to tackle deforestation and climate change
News, 05 June 2009
EU and US flags
Europe's controversial TTIP treaty: The good, the bad and the unnecessary
… interpretation. There is much potential for further improvement, and IIED's submission to the consultation suggested several ways the text … as to why investor-state arbitration is needed. Lorenzo Cotula leads IIED's legal tools team. Download a copy of the submission: IIED submission to the EU public consultation on the Transatlantic Trade …
Insight, 10 July 2014
A fishing vessel is dwarfed by a crude oil tanker in Singapore harbour, illustrating the impact oil prices have on sustainable fisheries (Photo: Andrew Thomas, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Plunging oil prices: what happens to our oceans?
… millions of livelihoods depend. Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 15 February 2016