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A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… and marine ecosystems is often understated or ignored. This has led to overexploitation and degradation of the resource, reducing the … align Africa's maritime security with climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions in the continent and beyond.  Essam Yassin …
Insight, 13 October 2016
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… that space to run businesses and earn money. The process which has led to the generation of the Habitat agenda is complicated and much of … themes of the recent 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation  held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the theme of 'enhancing urban …
Insight, 13 May 2016
An American predicament that threatens the Green Climate Fund
Insight, 03 November 2011
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PLA 62 - Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China
… Nicole Kenton Background and approach Wang Yue Innovative, community-led practices Wang Baojun  The perspective of the Ministry of Water …
Article, 31 July 2011
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PLA 38: Participatory Processes in the North
… for work with immigrant women of Calgary, Canada, worker-led participatory evaluations in the USA, participatory video in the UK … analysis for action Chris Cavanagh Imagine Perry Walker Worker-led participatory research and evaluation: lessons from the real world. …
Article, 31 May 2000
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… Development Research Centre in 2006 to lead on research on adaptation strategies. Prior to this she worked as a senior energy … such as sustainable development and climate change vulnerability and adaptation, as well as food security, local governance, water, and … for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the AMFN. He has led or contributed to several international programs on adaptive …
Article, 03 August 2015
What would sustainability in the North mean for development in the South?
Insight, 08 July 2010
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… conservation efforts by communities, support climate change adaptation, and help to establish long-term partnerships between … Ghana. In other cases, the development of community protocols has led to strong partnerships between communities and others, whether …
Insight, 02 October 2012
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
Article, 15 June 2018
Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal. Photo: Sajal Sthapit
Forest businesses 'fit for life'
… equity, food security, energy security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation and soil conservation without … Inevitably, countries’ environmental, social and market contexts led them to different business priorities. Nevertheless, Forest Connect …
Insight, 18 February 2013