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Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance
… Researchers working with forest community groups and policy makers in ten countries in Africa and Asia have developed a novel way to improve the flow of social and environmental benefits from tropical forests, according to an … how to improve governance in ways that lead to tangible changes in policy with positive impacts on people who depend on forests.” Through …
News, 17 August 2009
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… Natural Resources research group, Lorenzo Cotula leads research, policy engagement and field-level projects on the legal arenas where … many-fold and thereby reduce that demand.  Rather it is the social, environmental and economic costs of expanding and intensifying resource … Q: What does this mean for IIED’s work? LC: IIED’s work focuses on policy and practice. But we need to understand the deeper-level …
Article, 04 March 2019
Rwanda is planning to produce land, water and forest accounts to inform policy around managing its rich natural resources.(Photo: Catherine Nomura, Creative Commons via Flickr)
First steps in communication: raising awareness
… This was the clear message from the director general of the Rwandan Environmental Management Authority , Dr Rose Mukankomeje, and I found it … of a 'pulling in' process). It was clear that we were not at the policy influencing stage in Rwanda, but possibly we could share the … tool for collecting and organising data for inclusion in planning and policy processes; in fact, some people had overly ambitious expectations …
Insight, 12 May 2015
Coral reefs provide us with goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars but are in decline. Copyright: 2004 Richard Ling
How to protect our oceans: use more carrots
… conservation); and writing off ‘perverse’ subsidies that encourage environmental degradation. Adding PES and other incentives into the policy mix is a smarter way to go about the task of ecosystem …
Insight, 01 November 2013
A field of bare earth covered with rows of dried stalks.
Climate, health and urban informal economies – stories of need and change
… children miss education and poverty gets locked in. It’s time policy responded to their needs. This case study is part of work by IIED and partners exploring responses to occupational, environmental and public health risks faced by workers in the informal …
Article, 07 June 2022
Business models for sustainable development
… for sustainable development aim to deliver economic, social and environmental benefits – the three pillars of sustainable development – … activities. In these models, the value proposition includes social, environmental and economic values, while value distribution within the … energy service facilities. This will be achieved through policy reform and by demonstrating that alternative community-based …
Article, 10 May 2010
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… especially in areas where family farming is under threat from environmental and socio-economic transformations. What did IIED do? The … a broad understanding and approach beyond the scientific, and that policy reform must be part of a process of social and institutional … the opportunities and progress made toward mainstreaming gender into policy more widely. Nearly 50 countries have begun preparing for …
Project, 26 April 2011
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal. Photo: WOCAN
Gender and REDD+
… of land sharing approaches, and conduct valuation studies of forest environmental services to support REDD+ negotiation. Find out more about …
Project, 12 September 2013
Farmers sort tomatoes in Ethiopia.
How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
… at the borders of state institutions and legal regulations. Spaces in policy making are opening up for farmers to have their say, and the book … (poor food safety and traceability, corruption and criminality, poor environmental performance, inequities along caste, class and gender …
Insight, 28 November 2012
Putting farmers first: Democratising and reshaping agricultural research in West Africa
… and abilities of farmers and scientists to solve the social and environmental crisis that undermines the right to food and human …
News, 31 January 2012