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PLA 45: Community-based animal healthcare
… included in this issue are general articles, Tips for Trainers, and our usual In Touch section, which includes book reviews, events, and e-participation. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons … adoption and diffusion process Paul Van Mele and A.K.M. Zakaria In our own words: investigating disability in Morocco Chris McIvor …
Article, 30 September 2002
Women harvesting vegetables in Shanggula village, Guangxi province, China, can share lessons on sustainable farming with the rest of the world (Photo: Simon Lim)
Nurturing the shoots of China's sustainable agriculture
… Enabling farmers to earn higher incomes in rural areas is the key. Our research found evidence that sustainable farming can boost incomes. …
Insight, 23 March 2016
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 Editorial
… begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 Editorial Happy New Year to all our readers Nutrition, welfare, and participation are the three main … the RRA results are equally diverse. The first article describes RRA work conducted for Norwegian Save the Children and FAO, the second concerns work for Oxfam, the third for the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and the …
Publication, 01 January 1988
A demonstration of solar PV products by the Energy and Environment Partnership in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region gathers an audience of all ages (Photo: EEP Southern and Eastern Africa, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bringing solar out of the shadows
… is to achieve its target of 75 per cent electrification by 2033.    Our new research, ' Money is power ', found that investments in the grid … disappointing though not surprising: foreign entities know how donors work, and can access other funds to build their models and put together …
Insight, 20 February 2017
Jockin Arputham, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)
Slum dwellers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
… of the poor whose fate will make or break the social fabric of our rapidly growing cities. This press release first appeared on the … International website on 13 February 2014. More about Arputham's  work can be found in this Environment & Urbanization paper . The paper describes his life and work plus the many different methods he has used to fight eviction and …
News, 13 February 2014
Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo)
Doing dams differently can mean development for all
… and more equitable. Can you make an omelette without breaking eggs? Our work on dams in Niger suggests you can. "Backward" to "Modern" Mention … is supporting IIED and IUCN through the Global Water Initiative to work with the Niger Government and local communities to draft a new …
Insight, 30 August 2013
Responding to the realities of rural youth
… The Provocation seminar series About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers?  Provocation #6: Rural youth today, … for a more mobile livelihood, leaving their villages in search of work, so too did many of their parents before them. Some went away, … set of activities that make up their livelihood. Find out more — read our latest HIV/ IIED briefings Small-scale farming and youth in an era …
News, 31 May 2012
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 Participation, Literacy and Empowerment Reflections on REFLECT
… level. All these practitioners have been basing involves widening our understanding of their work on the REFLECT approach to literacy, and reveals the intimate …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… biocultural heritage in order to address this dual extinction crisis. Our research with 11 indigenous groups in Peru, Panama, Kenya, India and …
Insight, 18 February 2020
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… the design and management of protected areas (PAs) is a key area of our work, and IIED supports the  Convention on Biological Diversity's … government to general members of society who care about the health of our planet; for 'people', it will engage with development sectors and …
Event, 12 November 2014