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David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… some of the challenges communities face in protecting their lands. Our first speaker, Namati's David Arach , described how the … council, the implementation begins. Use of community by-laws in Kenya Our second speaker, John Samorai, program officer for the Ogiek People's … project will be rejected.   Enforcing by-laws For this process to work it must be highly participatory. Rotational village-level meetings …
Insight, 01 December 2016
Richard Sandbrook Memorial Lecture
… and colleagues could serve his memory would be to carry on the work he had pioneered. This week (21 March 2011), at a Richard Sandbrook … how to marry the need for economic growth with the need to protect our environment. The lecture, hosted by the Richard Sandbrook Trust and … the key issues in society and nature: the number of healthy people in our countries, the number of species driven into extinction. Head of The …
News, 23 March 2011
Cover for 16030IIED.pdf
Key issues in Uganda's energy sector
… by designing sustainable energy policies. Find out more about our work on improving people's access to sustainable energy. …
Publication, 01 February 2012
Cover for 14531IIED.pdf
Protecting indigenous knowledge against biopiracy in the Andes
… the contents of the register. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 December 2006
a vegetable seller and customers
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the diets of Hanoi’s urban poor
… most importantly affordable foods. Why supermarkets don’t work for the urban poor Along with ‘supermarketisation’ comes ‘food … even when supermarkets are physically accessible to the urban poor, our research found that modern ways of shopping that are deemed … importance, informal markets support healthy, nutritious diets. Our research found that of all foods consumed by urban poor in Hanoi, …
Insight, 08 April 2020
NGOs: friend or foe to markets for the poor?
… contents and discontents of development approaches to make markets work for the poor. According to one businessman at least it seems that … by the very NGO that was meant to help him. “The NGO hijacked our network, raised prices above what we had offered to pay and took … in northern Nicaragua,” he said. “They had simply copy-and-pasted our plan and found their own investor.” The consequence was that his own …
Insight, 06 April 2011
Wilton Park is the venue for a conference on sustainable development goals from January 29-31 (Photo: Wilton Park)
Post-2015 development framework: priorities for LDCs – coverage from Wilton Park
… Developed Countries in post-2015 debates Read more about IIED's  work on the post-2015 'sustainable development goals ' Our work on the Sustainable Development Goals IIED is supporting and working …
Event, 29 January 2015
Defining the agenda for Rio +20: my analysis
… guide the world’s citizens towards prosperity within the confines of our one and only earth. This is a good plan, as it allows for time to … which mars many international texts, and it recognises where more work needs to be done to agree the institutional architecture for managing our global environment.   Strong points The proposal for an Ombudsman …
Insight, 12 January 2012
(Rising sea levels can be illustrated in a number of artistic ways (Photo: Andrea Della Adriano via Creative Commons)
Sound Art competition explores rising sea levels, response to eco-crisis
… de Juiz de Fora where he researches and teaches composition. His work is called " Resignificamar " and it "combines the sounds of … beaches," says Daniel. "The composition intends to reconnect us with our natural environment." The second Sound Art category invited entrants …
News, 06 December 2014
Locally led urban development: an experiment in change
… be strong, how to deal with governments, how to develop systems that work. Ruby Papeleras, community leader, Barangay Payatas, Philippines … up. We must trust ourselves and build community processes in our countries. We have solutions for all our problems. We are the solution. But if we don’t believe in our own …
Page, 19 October 2011