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A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
Insight, 24 November 2015
The rice fields on outskirts of the city of Bandung, Java, Indonesia: urban areas often have damaging impacts on the areas around them (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New publication looks at environmental impacts of urban areas
News, 16 March 2015
Video updates from Saleemul Huq
Watch now: daily video updates from COP22
Article, 04 November 2016
A pastoralist dwelling in Niger. Rural communities have learned to exploit the variability of dryland environments (Photo: IIED)
The end of desertification?
… audience. Eventually this created political pressure to forge an international convention and permanent United Nations agency to combat … The UN Environment Assembly – the highest level of governance of international environmental affairs in the UN system – is currently … governance, we need to reconsider the scientific justification for international attempts to manage drylands by combating desertification.  …
Insight, 29 September 2016
Sales to processor at wholesale market. Photo: Jikun Huang
Regoverning Markets
… of each region was led by a regionally-based consortium member. An international Advisory Group was in place with members from the business sector, the OECD, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, research and … partners This programme was supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), ICCO, Cordaid, the International …
Project, 09 August 2013
D&C Days at COP20 focused on innovative approaches and incisive dialogue for climate-smart development
Development and Climate Days event at COP20 focuses on zero-zero
…   Watch Saleemul Huq discuss D&C Days at COP17 The 4th annual D&C International Film Competition at COP17 …
Event, 06 December 2015
Cover for G00208.pdf
A review of PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… academics and activists. All articles are peer-reviewed by an international editorial board. See: www.planotes.org Article in: PLA 54. …
Publication, 01 April 2006
Food vendors give people living in Nairobi's informal settlements easy access to fresh food (Photo: Grace Githiri)
Nourishing livelihoods: the food vendors sustaining Nairobi's slums
… in food handling and hygiene, supported by partners at IIED, the  International Livestock Institute , and the  African Population Health …
Insight, 15 January 2016
An excerpt from the 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development' book (Image: IIED)
Reviving knowledge in India's rainfed farming and livestock systems
… on climate resilient drylands development ', published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and …
News, 20 August 2015
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… release of Climate Change and Human Development , endorsed by Oxfam International executive director Winnie Byanyima, offers an interesting … little about climate change. Officials at the Department for International Development (DfID) tended to stress what they saw as the …
Insight, 12 August 2014