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A woman farmer
Women pay heavier price for big dams
… secured. We have [been] relocated here for about four years now and our crop compensations have not been paid. We find it difficult to send … meant women had to spend hours collecting water from lorry tankers. Work is under way to put in pumped water, which will ease the burden.  …
Insight, 08 March 2016
Do or die in Durban
Insight, 30 November 2011
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… the country’s experience in locally controlled forestry and reaffirm our vision that poverty reduction and forest conservation can go hand in …
Insight, 24 February 2011
IIED Insights: Q&A with Hannah Reid on community based adaptation
Article, 10 March 2011
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… that a United Nations agency ought to be hosting.  The FFF merits our support in its attempt to get resources to those who matter. Duncan …
Insight, 24 March 2014
PLA 65 cover image
PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… of community designed and controlled participatory processes.  This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons … Kanchebe Derbile, Wim Hiemstra and Bas Verschuuren. Defending our territory: the biocultural community protocol of Alto San Juan, …
Article, 31 May 2012
PLA 24 cover
PLA 24: Critical Reflections from Practice
… and practitioners were outlined in the article entitled 'Sharing Our Concerns' in PLA Notes 22.  This issue is divided into two sections. … while the second deals with Politics and Practicalities.  This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons …
Article, 30 September 1995
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… of the Potato Park based on Quechua Customary Norms Browse our website on biocultural heritage …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Closeup of the flame of a small oil lamp.
Energy equity: can the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative make a difference?
… year definitions will be ironed out and commitments made. The real work on SE4ALL will then begin in earnest. There is an important place … what you and other organisations are doing and how you think IIED and our partners could contribute to a sustainable energy future. As Ban Ki Moon would say, we need to work together on this! …
Insight, 29 March 2012
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… and consumers and strengthen the market for sustainable foods.  Our workshop brought together 30 practitioners, researchers, government …
Insight, 26 March 2015