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COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… Joining side events on the implementation of REDD+, focusing on indigenous peoples' rights and safeguards, and the legal and governance foundations. More …
Event, 01 December 2014
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… . These international agreements are important to IIED's work on natural resources , and in particular to work with partners on conservation, indigenous rights and poverty eradication. IIED and partner events Women …
Event, 04 December 2016
Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance
… managed for the public good,” says project leader and head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group, James Mayers. “That search should look at … a framework of simplified, rationalised and improved policies • Indigenous community groups in Orissa state, India have increased access rights to collect and manage non-timber forest products in state forest …
News, 17 August 2009
A native bird in Costa Rica found in a payments for environmental services project run by IIED and FONAFIFO (Photo Ina Porras)
Who will pay for ecosystem services?
… their local livelihoods while coexisting with forests and other natural ecosystems. Indigenous communities and small farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, have been … not the rule? There are many reasons for this, including patchy land rights, corrupted governments and lack of local knowledge, skills and …
Insight, 28 January 2014
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… to preserve forests, strengthen governance and guarantee community rights  Side event Date: Friday, 17 November Speakers: Luis Guillermo … (TBC); Levi Sucre Romero, coordinator of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB); Clare Shakya, climate change director, IIED; … an opportunity to hear about the synergies and efforts being made by Indigenous Peoples and Forest Communities in Mesoamerica, governments …
Event, 06 November 2017
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… Association, ANDES Asociacion, Gherush92 Committee for Human Rights Speakers:  Massimo Pieri, president COBASE; IIED principal … the evidence of the critical role of biocultural heritage of indigenous peoples and local communities in climate change resilience and the …
Event, 05 November 2016
Annual report 2007/08
… and beyond. Governance/FIELD Defending Peru’s living legacy:  the indigenous farmers of Cusco grow 2,000 varieties of potato. IIED’s legal … local investment, with an eye to replicating success round the world. Natural resources Getting to the root of fair forest management:  … from the shadows to participate in local decision-making. Restoring rights on a fast changing continent:  in many parts of Africa, tourism …
Page, 23 December 2008