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Keeping the forests we've got
Insight, 30 April 2009
Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
COP18 Q&A: outcomes of the Doha climate talks
… developed and developing countries alike so that we move away from our current trajectory of 4 degrees down to 2 degrees or less.   There … was an agreement on how to develop the next phase of the adaptation work – they’ve agreed guidance for countries to do national adaption …
Article, 12 December 2012
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
Event, 02 December 2018
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… grown into a networked and united community of practitioners. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons … PLA 56, as will all new subscribers. Copies are also available from our booksellers Earthprint Ltd, priced US$40 plus postage and packaging, … Education and Economic Change (SPEECH) UNESCO We are grateful to all our partners for this support and to the Resource Centres for …
Article, 31 March 2006
The Deramakot Forest Reserve, in Sabah, Malaysia, includes a strict protection area for biodiversity conservation and a reduced-impact logging area (Photo: Angela Sevin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Duncan Poore, a leading light in sustainable forestry
… person," he said. "His written word – particularly his seminal 1988 work ' No timber without trees ' – had already been an inspiration to me … with his great aptitude for language helping us to understand our place in that big picture. He was a teacher to many: a professor …
Article, 19 October 2016
Wind farm outside Adigrat, northern Ethiopia.
Scaling up renewable technologies: incremental or transformational change?
Insight, 08 July 2013
A man in Uganda stands by a digger sitting next to a dirt road.
US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability
… connection might be required.  Human rights activists will no doubt work to push the boundaries of this opening. But it is equally possible … land rush: what role for legal empowerment Find out more about our Legal tools for citizen empowerment project …
Insight, 01 May 2013
Protecting needs of forest-dependent people is key to saving Congo Basin forests
… – this gives a false impression of a very different reality. In our assessment in the former Oriental province, the costs of …
News, 08 February 2019
MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… Documents are grouped together in the links below, or you can search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you … in mining & minerals MMSD EMERGING COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY MMSD Work Plan and Budget MMSD Strategic Planning Workshop MMSD Strategic …
Article, 04 March 2009
Staying south – trade, aid, and the recession
… to see ourselves as a central facilitator for south-south exchange. Our history has been one of transmission [of funds and expertise] from … is expanding very, very fast and we need to be well positioned to work with it.". One possible reason for this strategic repositioning of …
Insight, 30 March 2010