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The Las Trancas Valley in Chile, November 2014 (Photo: UICN / Marcelo Vildósola Garrigó)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Chile
… and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the  International … implementing a project called ' Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation : strengthening the evidence and informing policy'  … EbA on the ground. Updates from IUCN-Sur November 2018 As part of our efforts to incorporate EbA in the national restoration efforts, we …
Project, 21 February 2018
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Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania
… of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground. To facilitate the … accountability and transparency are key. Concerning the latter, the focus is on how acceptable the changes in the governance structure are … RDS Rio Negro in Amazonas, Brazil. The other is in Kilosa, Tanzania. Our objective was to document and evaluate experiences with the process …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Members of the Learning and Leadership Group, Georgette Sakyi-Addo and Collins Oppong, observe artisanal and small-scale miners in Tarkwa, Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores)
Leaders join forces for productive and equitable artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana
… Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), was designed to focus on solutions and to spur collaboration in a sector widely … and generates employment and wealth. We are close to a major change in the way we do artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana," says … to make the effort as miners to work responsibly so we can improve our image. We must not ignore the role of women as part of this process." …
News, 28 January 2016
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City residents and urban refugees: from shared living to shared futures
… project coincided with the beginning of the pandemic and gave a new focus to SDI’s work with local residents. As SDI Kenya manager Jackline Wanyonyi explained: “Our immediate response [to the pandemic] was to launch a ‘tracker’ in … collaboratively, there is real scope to bring about meaningful change at the city level while also informing international policy to …
Insight, 07 December 2020
Women from Paraguay's Ita Guasu indigenous community discuss their community development plan. Civil debate and value-based decision making will be key to implementing the SDGs (Photo: USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Positioning the SDGs within the politics of national development
… unprecedented period of environmental, political, social and economic change. Governments are considering what they need to do, individually … and then fizzled out. Shifting from a technical to a political focus What will make the difference is firmly embedding the SDGs in … agenda, are political as much as technical questions. Deepening our understanding of the political dimension IIED has recently begun …
Insight, 12 July 2016
Delegates at CBA8 in Nepal travel to Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District to see the effects of climate change as part of the pre-conference fields trips (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Crowd-sourcing ideas to help community-based adaptation finance reach the most vulnerable
… But the truth is that climate change is unfolding in a world of profound inequalities due to economic … likely to be missing out on the vital support they need. Which is why our Adaptation Learning Programme for Africa organised an interactive … and bias. As Christian Aid's Richard Ewbank pointed out, a stronger focus on differential risk, instead of differential wealth or …
Insight, 01 May 2014
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… a new five-year strategy and we’re starting a discussion now on what our ‘world view’ should be. This view will inform how we operate and where, who we work with and what areas we focus on in the next strategic period. IIED believes that change is more likely to happen when policies are informed by …
Insight, 07 June 2013
Woman carrying a child
Bringing urban refugees into local planning
… decisions by national, regional and global enterprises drive urban change by attracting economic migrants. So too do people’s individual … needs a rethink. Many interventions designed to promote self-reliance focus on livelihoods, but a growing body of research points to … channels of engagement with municipal authorities. We’ll be sharing our findings in the coming years. …
Insight, 20 July 2020
The author with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Farmers on average receive 3 per cent of a chocolate bar price and many are dependent on a single commodity for their livelihoods (Photo: Marisa Camargo)
Zero deforestation supply chains: promoting sustainable chocolate
… to contribute to this debate, I was presenting initial findings of our ongoing work on promoting sustainable chocolate, which is part of … higher yield, ecosystems resilience (contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation), and improved livelihoods (e.g. … to cocoa production. Efforts to 'green' supply chains should not only focus on the landscape level, but also look at a broader discussion on …
Insight, 16 September 2015
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
… a close relationship with the relevant authorities throughout our research in Uganda: when our findings showed what was wrong, they … and practice on the ground, how can research lead to positive change for local people?   We started the 'Research to policy: building … broader issue. So much conservation research involves interviews and focus groups with local communities. These people give endless amounts …
Insight, 27 March 2015