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Fishermen offloading their morning catch from a fishing boat in Kalindi, West Bengal (Photo: Souvik Das Gupta, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Creating waves for small-scale fisheries
… system: they regulate our supplies of water and oxygen, provide livelihoods for around 200 million people and are the main source of … small-scale fisheries into disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change planning Communities living on exposed coastlines are … address this gap:  Include the small-scale fishery sector in National Adaptation Plans Promote action on DRM in the small-scale fishery sector …
Insight, 17 November 2016
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… They generally want to build their own enterprises that improve livelihoods, sustain and restore the natural resources that underpin … ecological know-how (to restore landscapes and adapt to and mitigate climate change); and social organisation (to maintain and enhance cultural …
Project, 29 May 2014
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… right, but also essential in order to deliver genuinely sustainable change. Hawley's blog reviewed 'Why women will save the planet ', a new … agricultural investments can deprive communities of their homes and livelihoods. Women are often most affected by land deals, but their … na mwenye mwana" (You have to be part of the dance). The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend? …
Article, 28 December 2016
UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
… solutions can help poor people adapt to, and mitigate the effects of, climate change. For example, preserving trees and maintaining … and development planning, policy and projects. Equally, poverty and livelihoods issues must be integrated into conservation policy and … Assessing the evidence for the effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA)  and building the evidence base  to keep track of how …
Article, 16 August 2013
Marisa Carmargo presents approaches to equity in forest governance: Lessons for safeguard development at an event at COP20 in Lima (Photo: Donal Yeang via Flickr)
Why the private sector must be included in efforts to curb deforestation
… can for example help reduce risks for farmers, but also help with adaptation and mitigation against climate change. It can deliver increased productivity, but also improved livelihoods. Zero-deforestation-plus REDD became REDD+ because the … Climate change …
Insight, 05 December 2014
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… ranging from improving food security to mitigating and adapting to climate change in a range of global forums and events. Peter’s sharp intellect … and farm organisation that would provide a win-win-win for local livelihoods, society and forest protection. Words cannot do the man …
News, 14 March 2019
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… right institutions able to sustain agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods Strengthen the capacity of farmers and other actors, … for tackling agricultural challenges, including those brought by climate change. After this initiative came to an end, IIED support continued …
Project, 15 August 2013
Major deposit in biodiversity bank to protect future of food
… diversity on which global agriculture depends, from threats such as climate change. An association of Peruvian indigenous communities is sending its … to adapt to changing environmental conditions, and protect their livelihoods and cultural heritage. "We salute the safety net that …
News, 22 February 2011
Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can global funds be accountable at the local level?
… to come from global funds – for instance those set up to support climate change adaptation and mitigation or to tackle specific diseases such as … focus (habitat in the case of SDI, others focus on women children, or livelihoods) have  –  in their own modest way  –  demonstrated their …
Insight, 09 August 2016
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… . Sustaining local food systems, agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods This project analysed how and under what conditions … the science of non-equilibrium ecology to adapt to the impacts of climate change in fragile agro-ecosystems. In Peru, work was carried out to link …
Project, 14 August 2013