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An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… than it might have been, but presumably a greater total cost for the road. To the Uganda government’s credit, they balanced the … both now and in the future. Including natural capital values in policy decision making “Uganda is natural resource led,” says Ronald … capacity to produce natural capital accounts and use them to support integrated economic and land-use planning and policymaking. The workshop …
Insight, 09 January 2019
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… from 25-29 March 2019. They were there to thrash out an action plan for the decade – to make sure they get the recognition they deserve as … develop, based on this mosaic of forest and farms, they offer an integrated, equitable and resilient future, helping these men and women … solutions they will provide: Representing farmer needs in multi-level policy roundtables and platforms Organisational development to help …
Insight, 04 April 2019
A Vietnamese man poses in front of buildings and piles of timber
Archive of completed locally-controlled forestry projects
… included the landmark book ‘ No Timber Without Trees ’ on sustainable forest management. Some of the team's early achievements … Agreement (ITTA) and support work to develop certification schemes for sustainable forest management (such as the Forest Stewardship … impacts of the project included changes in national policy or legal processes, such as revisions to the Ghana Forest Policy, …
Article, 22 February 2019
Standing and seating men and women pose for a group photograph
Zambia’s chiefs champion gender equality in land and natural resource governance
… women have equal rights under the law, and the 2014 National Gender Policy gives traditional leaders a central role as champions of gender … to customary land in Zambia. This exclusion has profound implications for Zambian women, as customary land accounts for well over half of the … participation in natural resource management, the USAID-funded Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) programme has been …
Insight, 06 September 2021
A reservoir in a desert landscape
Subnational adaptation monitoring and evaluation in Morocco
Article, 30 October 2019
A large forest is reflected in the water in the foreground
Guide to national-level SDG evaluation launches
… the SDGs '. It has been co-created by IIED, EVALSDGs , the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland  and UNICEF , and will be presented to an … theme emerged: that if evaluation is to assist in aligning national policy with Agenda 2030, it must be bespoke, built around existing … and approaches, and Looks at how SDG evaluation can be integrated into national monitoring and evaluation systems. The guide is …
News, 04 February 2020
Deforestation in Bhutan: forests are a prime example of how an integrated approach to policymaking can prevent benefits in one area undermining wellbeing elsewhere (Photo: Curt Carnemark/World Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Integration: will the UN Forum on Forests lead the way?
… of goals and targets currently on the table does little to promote integrated implementation. Instead "integration" has become little more … and systematically addressing 'interlinkages' across sectors, policy areas, place and time – can help to identify those infamous … on Forests (GOF) . As forestry policy experts gather in New York for the 11th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) , …
Insight, 01 May 2015
Screengrab of the Publications Library homepage, showing publication covers listed in a grid format
New look for IIED's Publications Library
… Since 2005 IIED has been making its extensive research on sustainable development freely available online – and now the 7,000-plus … donors and monitor and develop the site itself, and greater options for users searching the site. This essential foundation work will ensure … the library are available to download free of charge. They range from policy briefings and 'backgrounder' factsheets that summarise key …
News, 21 January 2021
Group of people wearing green T-shirts pose for a picture.
Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal
Article, 30 March 2022
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… that ensure balance with nature, and provide alternative paradigms for sustainable development. For many of the world’s 476 million Indigenous … and leadership of Indigenous Peoples and local communities is integrated across the targets. Indigenous Peoples have answers for many …
Insight, 12 April 2021