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Mpugu Parish borders Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (top right). Photo: Andrew Kirkby
Maps reveal what motivates people to take resources from flagship national park
… have taken the wood illegally to either sell it or use it themselves for building or fuel. Walking through the park’s mountainous terrain is … Ugandan government and nongovernmental organizations adopted various "integrated conservation and development" strategies to help local communities benefit from resources …
Insight, 09 October 2013
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
… of reducing the risks of crop failure (by investing in new varieties for example), the costs of putting the pieces of your life back together … Local governments can manage the risk of conflict and encourage sustainable use, as illustrated by the work done by commune governments … finance builds resilience among the poorest. The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) in Bangladesh is one such example. …
Insight, 16 February 2015
PLA 30: Participation and Fishing Communities
… Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike About PLA: Background, … Maria-Luzia Alvares and Maria-Cristina Maneschy Participatory and integrated policy processes in small-scale fisheries Jock Campbell and Philip …
Article, 30 September 1997
Solar panels on a floating school, Bangladesh
Understanding the political economy of the Climate Investment Funds
Project, 17 December 2012
A storm rages over downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the early evening (Photo: Jeff_Holmes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Three ways developing nations can close the climate finance gaps
… the global economy and adapt to the impacts of climate change. For developing nations, this gap is especially worrisome. Rwanda, for … and will support green economy initiatives only if they contribute to development objectives. The challenge for developing nations is that the … the emerging appetite for investment in these areas. In March 2014, policy makers met in Addis Ababa and identified the following three …
Insight, 04 April 2014
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… from around the world to share their most successful strategies for supporting communities to protect their land rights.  Q: What can … as a result of trying out each others’ strategies, and have now integrated these new practices into their standard community land … District. See this briefing note for more information.   We provide policy support to national civil society on compulsory land …
Article, 27 January 2020
We have in the past few years made progress on the theories and understanding of social learning approaches. But more research and real-life case studies are needed (Photo: Z Sewunet (ILRI)
Paving the way for social learning in the climate change context
… team is now taking concrete steps towards building an evidence base for the approach. In a recently held meeting we identified seven key … and to bridge the gap between social learning and other evidence-into-policy areas, like knowledge transfer or knowledge brokering Being … and food security: wicked problems and non-traditional solutions Want sustainable development? Then it's time to get social Making it real: …
Insight, 24 March 2014
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
Article, 10 October 2016
Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)
Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
… How can African countries use land policies to ensure agricultural development and inclusive growth? Particularly in countries which are … key issues facing experts who gathered at the maiden  Land Conference for Africa  in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in November. Patriarchal land … yet food imports are rising. It is increasingly recognised that more sustainable and more productive land use is dependent upon more secure …
Insight, 12 December 2014
Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh queue to get access to a raised tube well; local indicators about access to water are essential for the SDGs (Photo: Development Planning Unit, UCL, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?
… With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets agreed, now there is a … of government.   Every interest group has their own recommendations for indicators needed and most recommendations are made with little … of countries that have formally communicated the establishment of integrated, low-carbon, climate resilient, disaster risk reduction …
Insight, 09 March 2016