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Elephants roam the plain in Kenya
Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… approach to tackle HWC.   What is IIED doing? The project will work to reduce HWC, which has been a direct outcome of expansion of … in Kenya and Sri Lanka with global experts and practitioners. Our partner, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) , will lead the …
Project, 26 October 2018
The post-2015 development agenda must recognise that the fates of forests and people are entwined. Credit: Duncan Macqueen
Saving the forests for last – in the hope, at last, of saving the forests
… climate, resilience, job creation, livelihoods and poverty reduction. Our approach aims to strengthen country capacity to adapt and apply the …
Insight, 31 January 2014
Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
Insight, 30 March 2011
Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD
CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all
… at the table to discuss what kind of 'bottom up' approaches could work. Research by the International Institute for Environment & … partners and practitioners in Central America and South East Asia. Our approach uses multi-stakeholder participation and some innovative … electric light bulb or a modern cook stove will not cut it. We hope our approach can help inform SE4All and other efforts, so they truly …
Insight, 16 September 2013
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… the last hope for forests – and for the people who depend on them.  Our new report – ' Unseen foresters: an assessment of approaches for … communities  – aims to step back from the approach of making SFM work for international markets and provides evidence of alternative …
Insight, 14 July 2020
Cover for G00078.pdf
Going Carbon Neutral at IIED September 2004 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
… responsibility to reduce its GHG emissions. An initial estimate of our emissions for one year, January to December 2003, is 372 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Of this, work travel comprises 69% (almost all from air travel), commuting to and … that they have the desired effect. However, we also need to offset our unavoidable ... …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees
… refugees in the capital of Kampala. "It's so bad that UNHCR is like our father here but they don't support us… I wonder why they are even … Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) , work to support young refugees in Kampala through computer literacy … with the self-help initiatives that are already doing the hard work of supporting urban refugees on the ground. Will Monteith …
Insight, 07 November 2017
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… to happen, we must focus on how the fate of biodiversity will affect our health, our wealth and our children's future. We must focus on the benefits biodiversity can …
Insight, 19 October 2010
Cover for G01443.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 Training workshop on participatory rural appraisal for planning health projects
… Sheelu Francis, John Devavaram, Arunothayam Erskin Introduction Our field workers had done a lot of spade work for the training workshop dividing themselves The 1980s have seen … ourselves. This took a change and in the late workshops had helped our staff to plan and 80s PRA `analysis of information by them', …
Publication, 01 January 1992
Community representatives gather together to record their knowledge about dryland resources as part of a participatory mapping process in Isiolo County, Kenya. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Strengthening civil society to support natural resource management
Insight, 29 July 2015