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IIED's best of 2020: publications
… petroleum and other infrastructure are compounding pressures on natural resources. People who have a strong connection with land, water and … urgent policy change Research report The Asia and Pacific region is home to more than half the world’s undernourished children, but also has …
Article, 23 December 2020
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IIED's best of 2020: videos
… insight into research and discussions we’ve had with our partners about the challenges of reliable internet connectivity and bandwidth … said that COVID-19 was a reminder that we're not separate from the natural world in a speech as part of a London Climate Action Week event … events in 2020. This video is also an example of how, where time and resources allow, we have strived to provide subtitles and translations …
Insight, 30 December 2020
A seated man gives a speech to a camera directly in front of him, next to the Bhutan national flag
CBA14 opens with LDC chair call for greater ambition on climate change
News, 21 September 2020
The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.
Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia
… Santurbán páramo in Colombia .  This ecosystem unique to the Andes is home to significant biodiversity and a key source of fresh water (to find out more about it, see the IIED long read and documentary ). The Santurbán páramo … preventing regulatory chill  The decision of the government brought about partial regulatory chill, but the court reversed it. The court …
Insight, 21 December 2020
The chairman of the Mpungu Authorised Resource User Group, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, who was involved in the development of the 'Multiple Use' programme (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
… approach, notably the small harvest quotas, the limited number of resources that they are allowed to harvest and the limited amount of … that it allows local people to return to Bwindi forest and use its resources.   Our research, however, also revealed that there were … direct, tangible and long-term benefit from taking part?   The debate about how research can inform policy and practice often highlights the …
Insight, 27 March 2015
A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.
Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India
… are lying on the field. I collect them, clean and then store them at home” – Kashi Damke Through her years of work, Kashi has been able to … do something to sustain oneself” – Premlata Lodhi  Premlata worries about farm work declining in the coming years, as agricultural land is … National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Health Research Group using UK aid from the UK government. The views expressed are those …
Article, 06 June 2022
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
Article, 18 December 2020
Two women sitting in a field
No room for manoeuvre: debt prevents investing in the future
… average 1 to 1.5 acres per household. The main crops are maize (for home consumption), and groundnuts, soy beans, pigeon peas and tobacco for sale. The region is semi-arid, receiving about 1,000mm of rain per year, with most falling between November and … types of households and their different levels of assets and resources.  Even within the same community, there are large variations …
Article, 26 April 2020
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC). This is a hugely … a more enabling policy environment for community forest businesses at home, by pointing to progress elsewhere.  A vision for the way forward …
Insight, 05 December 2017
A group of people line up in front of a mountain background.
Building green and inclusive energy
… so these are greener and people-centred , together with a curiosity about ‘social innovation labs’ as a mechanism for change – started the … make it difficult to run a business or do the daily chores at home. We wanted to understand citizens’ experience of using energy … Supply Monitoring Initiative (ESMI) , in collaboration with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Prayas Energy Group (PEG) . By placing …
Project, 01 October 2020