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View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… policies frequently deny Indigenous rights. Even ‘community-led’ approaches can impose external conservation objectives rather than …
Project, 29 April 2019
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
… to climate change "The emphasis on strengthening local governance for adaptation planning, developing new risk management tools and climate adaptation technology is helpful. Framing this section in terms of … through international negotiations "The US cannot claim to have led anything in the negotiations so far – apart from some obfuscation. …
News, 25 June 2013
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… – that seeks to ensure future food security. They sustain not only locally adapted Indigenous and traditional crops, but also wild foods … of hunting and fishing that is essential for survival. Indigenous-led research must feed into 2021 summit More research is urgently needed … as experts, values Indigenous knowledge and science equally, is led by Indigenous Peoples and draws on different disciplines. Research …
Insight, 23 October 2020
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar
… a transboundary hilsa fisheries management plan.   Through research led by scientists from Yangon University, the project improved … management system. Although COVID-19 and recent political events have led to many uncertainties in Myanmar, this project has created an …
Project, 30 October 2017
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Emerging or illusory? Community wildlife management in Tanzania
… both physically and conceptually. In Tanzania, the linear, centrally-led, devolutionary reform processes that were conceptualized in the …
Publication, 01 July 2007
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is growing rapidly. Urban ARK is exploring the varied vulnerabilities of boys and girls from conflict-displaced and host communities (Photo: Jean Rebiffé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
… cities. The partnership involved 12 policy and academic institutions, led by Kings College London, which sought to open up an applied research …
Project, 21 December 2016
Vietnam's Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute is working on developing rice strains that are more tolerant to heat, increased salinity and longer periods under water (Photos: V. Meadu/CCAFS)
New publication studies climate finance at national level
… processes being employed to manage finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives. A PDF-version of the 85-page … general. This publication was written by a team of IIED researchers led by Neha Rai, senior researcher, Climate Change Group. The other … and national, public and private sources of funding for investment in adaptation and mitigation initiatives. This type of spending is …
News, 20 March 2015
The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
News, 02 December 2016
A farmer in southern Mozambique carries greens back to his family from a project that has been backed by the Climate Investment Fund, which is working with the African Development Bank on a pilot program for climate resilience (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Climate finance for sustainable development: regional forum
Insight, 28 August 2015
Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their …
Event, 16 April 2018