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RRA Notes 21: Special Issue on Participatory Tools and Methods in Urban Areas
Publication, 01 November 1994
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… to contain wildlife crime effectively," said Dilys Roe, leader of IIED's biodiversity team.   The workshop presentations showed a range of … SULi  and Regional Programme for West and Central Africa (IUCN PACO), IIED, TRAFFIC – the wildlife trade monitoring network , and the Network …
News, 03 August 2016
Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)
Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
… it may itself be left behind. Andrew Norton  ( andrew.norton@iied.org ) is director of IIED. This blog first appeared in the Guardian newspaper . …
Insight, 25 July 2016
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… that – but the urban poor can. Sarah Colenbrander (sarah.colenbrander@iied.org) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog originally appeared …
Insight, 13 June 2017
Members of the Learning and Leadership Group, Georgette Sakyi-Addo and Collins Oppong, observe artisanal and small-scale miners in Tarkwa, Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores)
Leaders join forces for productive and equitable artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana
… the UK-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), was designed to focus on solutions and to spur collaboration in a …
News, 28 January 2016
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
… $1,000 per hectare per year. Similarly, another study commissioned by IIED found that the economic benefits from mangrove restoration are … paribus, typical economist, eh?! Essam Yassin Mohammed ( eymohammed@iied.org ) is a senior researcher in environmental economics in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 15 April 2015
Around 3,000 Samburu families have been affected by land purchase at Laikipia National Park in Kenya (Photo: Alfredo Miguel Romero via Creative Commons)
Human Rights Standards for Conservation (Part III)
… IIED worked with Natural Justice to systematically review and analyse …
Article, 12 November 2014
RRA Notes 20: Livestock
Publication, 01 April 1994
Six representatives of developing country governments – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal and the Philippines – shared their experiences of rolling out the sustainable development agenda at the 21st Poverty Environment Partnership meeting (Image: IIED)
Country progress on putting the sustainable development goals into action
… Sustainable Development Goals into action. Paul Steele (paul.steele@iied.org) is IIED's chief economist and PEP coordinator …
Insight, 23 June 2016
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Human Settlements Group: Staff articles, working papers, books and reports. 2000
… working papers, books and reports, including those published outside IIED. For the year 2000 …
Publication, 01 January 2000