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A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
Project, 16 August 2013
Tidal damage on the small island nation of Kiribati. Small island developing nations, especially the atoll nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID)
Paris Agreement must stand on three pillars
… vulnerable to climate change. Achala Abeysinghe  ( achala.abeysinghe@iied.org ) is the principal researcher and team leader of the global climate law, policy and governance team in IIED's Climate Change Group . …
Insight, 01 June 2015
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… Kenya, India and China. The webinars were organised by INMIP and IIED on 7 and 14 September 2021. …
Insight, 26 August 2021
A tour group from ecotourism business Adventures in the Last Corridor explore possible caving tour options (Photo: Cathy Smith)
Business incubation motivates fire management
… to diversify future income streams. Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group .   …
Insight, 06 March 2017
San peoples from the Kalahari have lived in harmony with nature, but their contribution to the conservation and sustainable uses of biodiversity lacks appropriate recognition, particularly in Botswana and South Africa (Photo: Harry Jonas)
Human rights standards for conservation: rights, responsibilities and redress
… IIED worked with Natural Justice to systematically review and analyse …
Project, 11 November 2014
Timber in Ethiopia
Report sets stage for China-Africa forest governance research
… to be amongst the winners from this," says James Mayers, head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group. "There is much work to be done to …
News, 31 July 2013
A leopard in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. Uganda is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and wildlife tourism is an important source of income (Photo: David Cook, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Uganda urged to use biodiversity for sustainable development
… from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), will host an event in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation …
News, 22 May 2015
Woman collects water from a well
Drought management in India: hostage to climate information governance
… climate information governance These principles are drawn from IIED's research into the climate resilience potential of India's largest …
Insight, 10 February 2021
Formerly arable land is seen dried in Fuyuan county due to drought in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Extreme climate impacts already causing devastation in mountain communities
… is evidence that temperatures are rising faster at higher altitudes . IIED researcher Krystyna Swiderska  said: "For the world's mountain …
News, 18 November 2015
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Raising the profile of Gender and Generation: The role of the Climate Change Media Partnership
Publication, 01 February 2011