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Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… in Quito in October will seek to set out a 'new urban agenda' for our increasingly urban world. Last week, IIED launched the excellent new … happier, more equitable and greener cities. Further resources Read our  live coverage of the event  on 'Will Habitat III produce an …
Insight, 13 May 2016
Views from Ilo, Perú
The often forgotten role of small and intermediate urban centres
Insight, 03 February 2021
Cover for G01915.pdf
Using video for urban poor solutions in Phnom Penh
… 11 in Phnom Penh Maurice Leonhard t We've had great success with our community-to- ACHR ­ The Asian Coalition for community exchange … (of expressed need to share experiences, tackle the large problem of our exchanges) go back to their country with an unedited, forced …
Publication, 01 October 2000
The road from Lomié in Southeast Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Cameroon's real indomitable lions are in the forest
… – many Baka communities are asking 'what next?'. How can they work with their forests to improve their lives? Wanting to discuss exactly that issue was our team from the IIED-led project CoNGOs (NGOs collaborating for … its practical experience of trying to make community forest business work to inform government of what needs to change. And there is much …
Insight, 20 March 2017
Cover for G01887.pdf
PLA as a tool in participant process-orientated evaluation in the field of drug prevention psychiatry in Norway
Publication, 01 June 2000
Timber in Ethiopia
Report sets stage for China-Africa forest governance research
… James Mayers, head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group. "There is much work to be done to improve compliance with laws protecting forests and … to develop timber legality verification programmes," says Mayers. "Our hope is that others will join in to develop the China-Africa Forest …
News, 31 July 2013
An artisanal fisherman in rural Bangladesh
Buy me an ocean: why we need payments for coastal and marine environments
… — they supply fish, help recycle nutrients, store carbon and regulate our climate. They also have significant cultural value. Fisheries alone … such communities. In fact, research reveals that 43.5 million people work directly in the sector  — the majority in developing countries. But … paper If we fail to put in place effective incentive mechanisms, then our coastal and marine resources will continue to deteriorate and make …
Insight, 07 June 2012
Focus on small-scale farming: food or jobs?
… The Provocation seminar series About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers? Provocation #6: Rural youth today, farmers … many of whom begin their working life in family-based farming. Most work informally — often in multiple low-paid, low-skilled, insecure and … a diversified occupation,” concluded Proctor. Find out more — read our latest HIV/ IIED briefings Small-scale farming and youth in an era …
News, 31 May 2012
In Mozambique, government ministries for development planning and for environment work with district authorities and NGO partners to support climate adaptation at a local scale
Monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique shows how to link local and national climate adaptation
… government ministries for development planning and for environment work with district authorities and NGO partners to support climate … an NGO consortium led by Save the Children International . IIED and our research partners LTS Africa have joined this endeavour. The ' … of different sectors and of citizens. They will also need to work with local authorities and communities to define where climate …
Insight, 28 February 2014
Identifying social impacts at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya
Assessing social impacts of protected and conserved areas (SAPA)
… in 2003. This emphasis was further elaborated in the programme of work on PAs of the  Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  that was … the SAPA methodology at 10 PAs in six different countries in Africa. Our research report ' Understanding the social impacts of protected … the accuracy, credibility and legitimacy of the results. We published our first edition methodology manual for SAPA facilitators in 2016, …
Project, 16 August 2013