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Fishing in Kenya's Lake Naivasha provides income for local people, but fish stocks have declined sharply due to over-fishing and the diversion of water for agriculture (Photo: Cheryl Q, Creative Commons via Flicker)
Green lessons for the blue economy
… awareness of the dire threats of overfishing. Horrifying pictures of our seas choked by plastic have been accompanied by alarming statistics: … whose livelihoods depend on the ocean?  IIED’s major programme of work on fisheries and marine ecosystems  includes efforts to get … 1 (ending poverty), 2 (ending hunger), 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work) are all relevant to inclusive outcomes, as well as goal 14 itself, …
Insight, 11 December 2018
Isiolo County, Kenya: dryland areas make up more than 80 per cent of Kenya's land and are home to some four million pastoralists (Photo: James Patison/IIED)
A new approach to climate resilient drylands agriculture
… as a resource to be valued, rather than a problem to be avoided: they work with their surroundings to manage variability, they do not seek to … Many dryland people know how to live with climate change and work with variable rainfall. They recognise variability as an inherent … because those systems have not been properly understood by outsiders. Our role should be to support dryland producers as they work with …
News, 27 April 2015
African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
… poor, pro wildlife and pro tourism may seem like a tall order, but our experience of similar projects in southern Africa shows that these … poor, pro wildlife and pro tourism may seem like a tall order, but our experience of similar projects in southern Africa shows that these … to share ideas. "This system has worked well in Africa and can work in Cambodia and other parts of the world if it is used as a …
News, 04 January 2006
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… reaffirming that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. But it is a bit depressing to have the long list of … international declarations and programmes of action that “we reaffirm our commitment to fully implement” because most of these contained … a commitment to achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men and a commitment to ensuring universal access …
Insight, 09 July 2014
UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
… into conservation policy and planning – this is the focus of our work on conservation, communities and equity . To better integrate …
Article, 16 August 2013
A man on the phone outside a small orange hut. A nearby sign advertises prices for mobile phone air-time.
How the digital divide threatens the success and legitimacy of the COP26 talks
… among the panellists Read seven things we learned when we moved our public events online This blog was originally published on the …
Insight, 08 October 2021
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Empowered women = happy planet? Gender equality in a changing environment
… questions relating to gender equality and equity in the way we work and the work we do. You can read more about this process in Isilda Nhantumbo's … its staff. The meetings feature a wide range of speakers and topics.  Our most recent meeting looked at Pollution and social media in China . …
Event, 20 May 2015
IIED senior fellow will speak at the UN Secretary General's climate summit in September (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Saleem selected for UN climate summit
… on climate change, which, he believes, has slipped off the radar.  "Our specific role will be to focus attention on the needs of most … us to mitigate. Their strategy is to manage and lower expectations.  "Our counter-narrative is, the cost of action might be high but it's … late. Arriving at the last minute, they simply didn't have time to work out a deal. The lesson: politicians need to enter the scene earlier …
News, 09 September 2014
A smallholder farmer stands by a bunch of sunflowers in Thika, Kenya.
How markets can bloom for Africa's smallholder farmers
… understand how innovations to business models could bridge this gap. Our project – a collaboration with the Sustainable Food Laboratory , … to build new relationships between smallholders and retailers. In our study, the intermediary company was Wilmar Agro Limited . Based in … But having in place a strong intermediary and a consultant who can work together to take the noise out of the chain and build strong …
Insight, 06 September 2012
A giraffe takes stock at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Social Assessment of Protective Area fieldwork starts next week (Photo: www.kicheche.com via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
… local climate and river flows, protecting species that pollinate our crops, and simply being places of natural beauty. But history shows … funding from UK aid via the Darwin Initiative and via DFID , we will work with partners in Kenya, Gabon, Liberia and the Gambia to test the … — Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya — starts next week. We will showcase our early findings at the 2014 World Parks Congress in November and in …
Insight, 11 March 2014