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Pavan Sukhdev makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Understanding what's at stake
… might be significant. His visit was organised as part of a strategic review of environmental economics by IIED, with expert speakers invited to attend a ­­­­series of seminars to … Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Environment Programme's Green Economy Initiative, answered questions and engaged in an open …
Event, 11 March 2014
Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
Critical themes at IIED
… IIED set up the 'critical theme' discussion series to explore new ideas … are also open to members of the public. The seminars include IIED’s own specialists alongside visiting experts: researchers, practitioners … began in 2013. Since 2019, critical themes have become increasingly external events and are more likely to be held as part of the IIED …
Article, 05 March 2021
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Tackling gender inequality to promote inclusion and justice in society
… January 2018, I co-wrote a blog  summarising how far we'd come since IIED launched its gender manifesto in 2016. At the very end of the … for women, depends on many things, including the nature of women's relationship with men and how the men close to them respond when they … work in 2019 – a gender equality ambition review – carried out by an external consultant over about three months to assess, in blunt terms, …
Insight, 06 July 2020
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… over the past 12 months. We again clocked up almost 100,000 views on IIED’s YouTube channel over the course of the year. That translates to around … what we offer and experiment with new formats and features. Our external events officer Juliette Tunstall shared some of those lessons , … IIED's best of 2021: videos …
Insight, 28 December 2021
Elephants roam the plain in Kenya
Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… or from revenge, or through their support for illegal killing by external poachers. Globally, many different interventions have been … and develop an effective national approach to tackle HWC.   What is IIED doing? The project will work to reduce HWC, which has been a direct … of wildlife: how can insurance help?' – available below and on IIED's YouTube channel  – made the case to conservation audiences. …
Project, 26 October 2018
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
Page, 24 October 2018
Four elephants roam the plain on the Maasai Mara, Kenya
Covering elephant tracks: can insurance compensate farmers for wildlife damage?
… wildlife in defence or revenge, and even support illegal killing by external poachers. At the same time, local people suffer through lost … from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka project funded by the UK’s Darwin Initiative  will help the governments of Kenya and Sri Lanka … Director General of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and IIED's chief economist Paul Steele discuss how livelihood insurance can …
Insight, 27 March 2019
Cover for 16519IIED.pdf
Small-scale farmers' decisions in globalised markets
… the findings and draws lessons from case studies by the Hivos/IIED Knowledge Programme’s Asia Network Members in India and Indonesia and a commissioned paper … views of small-scale farmers as permanent victims or beneficiaries of external interventions, it sheds light on how, despite their many asset …
Publication, 01 November 2012
Cover for G02190.pdf
Environmental Planning Issues No. 27, July 2006 A REVIEW OF MONITORING MECHANISMS FOR NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
… begins: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Environmental Planning Issues No. 27, July 2006 A REVIEW OF MONITORING MECHANISMS FOR NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT … monitoring 7 2.1 National peer reviews 7 2.2 Internal reviews 10 2.3 External auditing 13 2.4 Parliamentary reviews 16 2.5 Budgetary reviews …
Publication, 01 July 2006
Cover for G01286.pdf
Integrating Local Values in Natural Resource Assessment: A review of assessment tools
… As part of its cross-Programme work on Natural Resources, IIED set out to ‘develop and refine integrated methodologies for … was conducted to examine approaches for integrating local people’s assessments of natural resources, which reflect local values and … interviews with research staff and a review of selected internal and external literature. Papers were prepared for the workshop examining …
Publication, 01 March 2003