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This bridge crossing the Yorkin river in the Sixaola Basin is used daily by local communities, including children on their way to school in the early morning. (Photo: Paul Aragón,©IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Costa Rica
Project, 13 December 2018
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
Article, 11 October 2016
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… and that all key stakeholders, including young people, women, indigenous people and local communities, are given a platform where the … they represent will be heard. The work of IIED Members of IIED's Natural Resources Group and their research partners attended the … in us: forest smallholders, community forest members and indigenous peoples in Asia Date: Tuesday, 8 September Convening organisations:  The …
Event, 07 September 2015
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
News, 06 October 2015
Workshop participants displayed and exchanged seeds from different parts of the world (Image: Yiching Song/Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy)
New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage
… The third learning exchange of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous People , where Naxi and Quechua farmers were joined by other … Natural resource management …
News, 14 March 2017
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… Across the African continent, Chinese companies are investing in natural resources. Understanding the impacts and potential of Chinese … (FFPOs). The FFF vision is that smallholders, communities, and indigenous peoples and women's organisations have improved livelihoods and …
Page, 24 October 2018
Representatives from indigenous mountain communities gather in Bhutan to discuss the impacts of climate change and how to respond using their biocultural heritage
New film highlights mountain communities' climate workshop
News, 18 May 2015
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
Article, 31 March 2006
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… Indigenous farmers from Bhutan and China visited the Andean Potato Park … and culture as the basis for adaptation . The Potato Park is an Indigenous Biocultural Territory set up to protect traditional Andean … customary laws. The 15-minute film follows delegations from the Naxi peoples of Yunnan in China and the Monpa and Ura people from Bhutan as …
News, 16 February 2015
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New roadmap for boosting small-scale and family forest producers
… Indigenous peoples, local communities and private smallholders own or manage a … receive preferential treatment, access to markets, financing and resources." "Governments need to provide legal status and services for … researcher of IIED. "As a group, smallholders and community and Indigenous Peoples forest producers play a major role in global trade, …
News, 30 June 2014