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IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment. The institute's strategy for the next two years has been published (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years
… IIED was formed in 1972. Our founder, Barbara Ward , in her seminal book …   These texts are, to a remarkable degree, in line with Barbara Ward's vision. But we still fall short of the 'functioning worldwide … update also outlines what we learned from the valuable process of our external review  and the ways we will be seeking to strengthen our …
Insight, 09 August 2017
Women buying bushmeat at a food stall.
How is COVID-19 affecting wild meat consumption in rural Cameroon?
… The study involved 23 interviews with women and men aged 18-60.   It’s important to underline that our study only allows us to share insights … on wild meat consumption led to heightened distrust, particularly of external health bodies including NGOs and government officials. Some … in touch. You can register interest by emailing  olivia.wilsonholt@iied.org . We are keen to hear how COVID-19 has affected wild meat …
Insight, 02 November 2020
Aerial view of a hydropower plant
Will green bonds boost finance flows to sustainable hydropower?
… on wider ecosystems, both locally and downstream. Under the CBI’s new criteria  bond issuers must demonstrate that sustainable … to long-term warming targets. Nevertheless, it will be important to review uptake and progress in three or five years’ time in a transparent … as a key enabler of low-carbon renewables is an active area of IIED research (PDF) within the FutureDAMS project . Led by the …
Insight, 05 April 2021
View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… and territories of Indigenous Peoples harbour some 80% of the world’s biodiversity – and Indigenous worldviews, cultural values and … deny Indigenous rights. Even ‘community-led’ approaches can impose external conservation objectives rather than supporting endogenous … land rights, based on Indigenous values and worldviews. What did IIED do? The project undertook participatory action-research in four …
Project, 29 April 2019
Weighing sacks of coffee beans in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT)
Environmental Funds: sustainable finance for conservation
… graduation I got my first full time job: at Fondo Acción, Colombia's EF. I knew very little about the organisation then, and was surprised … were selected through a call for proposals and had both internal and external evaluations that followed a carefully detailed procedure. But, … can be done to help this approach gain even more traction? I applaud IIED's recently published Review of Conservation Trust Funds for …
Insight, 23 July 2014
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… be enhanced – to further improve the effectiveness of aid. Read more: IIED is researching the benefits and challenges of devolving development … investment treaties: do they work? Over the past 15 years, China's investments in Africa have increased rapidly and China has become … during protracted conflicts. Many have increased their dependency on external help, particularly on humanitarian and development aid. In many …
Article, 28 December 2017
Delegates discuss the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund at the Bangladesh workshop. The fund is part of work to enhance the effectiveness of incentive-based fisheries management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Conservation trust fund proposed to help Bangladesh increase fish stocks
… for sustainable fisheries management.  Bangladesh's Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, said at … by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) , the … in that they have now been running this compensation without any external assistance for over 10 years, for which they should be …
News, 11 June 2015
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… change on pastoralists living in the drylands is one of many videos IIED has helped produce to break down misconceptions and increase … selection of short videos on drylands' pastoralists . Review of IIED's drylands programme: 25 years in the drylands In 2011 we commissioned an external review of our drylands programme, which ran from 1987-2009. The …
Article, 17 December 2012
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… that human societies evolved from kinship structures shaping people’s rights and obligations ('status'), to individuals determining their … contracts requires meeting farmers where they are, rather than where external actors think they should be. Download the report ' Contracts in commercial agriculture: enhancing rural producer agency ' IIED’s 'Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture' (EPIC) …
Insight, 16 May 2021
Community leaders in the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia planning with staff from the Namibia Housing Action Group (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Financial inequalities; defining our age
… or who have access on terms that increase their household insecurity. IIED has spent three decades working with grassroots groups that provide access to finance to those who need it most: the world's lowest-income people. We believe that community-based savings groups … authorities and national governments. There are opportunities for external donors to work with organisations of the urban poor. External …
Insight, 22 August 2017