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Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Insight, 26 September 2019
The Poverty-Environment Initiative is celebrating its 10th anniversary at a meeting with partners in Edinburgh, Scotland (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Taking an integrated approach to eliminating poverty and sustaining natural resources
… and sustainable development. They are intrinsically linked. When natural resources are being used unsustainably, there is a high economic … of nature for their livelihood – smallholder farmers and fishers, indigenous peoples, nomads, girls and women – who lose out. The Poverty-Environment … Taking an integrated approach to eliminating poverty and sustaining natural resources …
Insight, 28 May 2015
There is no more time to waste to stop twin crises of nature’s destruction and climate change
News, 06 May 2019
Cover for G02786.pdf
Biocultural diversity conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities - examples and analysis
… Indigenous conservation territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities– ICCAs for short– are the subject of this … by IIED, IUCN CEESP and other organizations. ~ ~ICCAs are defined as “natural and/or modified ecosystems, containing significant biodiversity … Biocultural diversity conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities - examples and analysis …
Publication, 01 September 2010
aerial view of an oil palm plantation
Land rights and investment treaties
… expands its reach, growing global consumption is placing the world's natural resources under unprecedented pressure. Petroleum and minerals … opportunities to challenge and demand accountability. For example, indigenous peoples have taken encroachments on their ancestral lands to … Natural resource management …
Project, 07 May 2020
Landscape with lowe bushes, flowers and a hrose with hills in the background
Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers
Insight, 14 March 2023
US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
Insight, 20 April 2021
Cover for 21301G.pdf
Montréal Declaration on Small-Scale Women Farmers for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
… Representatives of small-scale farmers belonging to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, global indigenous networks, national and international civil society and … International Network of Mountain Indigenous People (INMIP) … Natural resource management …
Publication, 09 December 2022
Mangrove reforestation project
Development and life in general under threat from accelerating destruction of nature – but solutions are possible
News, 06 May 2019
A shepherd and a herd of sheep in a mountain
COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance
Insight, 08 November 2022