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A London workshop heard about the human stories of gold mining from artisanal and small-scale miners in Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Bright prospects for mining sector dialogue
… Abbi Buxton, IIED senior researcher, said: "IIED's experience on our local to global projects over the years has taught us that this kind … We have been championing this community approach as we take our mining work forward." "IIED is identifying a country in which to run the first …
News, 30 June 2015
Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
… also helps to strengthen relationships with city authorities. "We work with local governments to analyse and verify the data, making them … know the city sees us as a problem – and this is why we are helping our city find solutions." Joining the panel, IIED's director Andrew … strategies to realise the ambition of Habitat III to make our cities more inclusive and resilient." Teresa Corcoran …
News, 24 October 2016
Campaigners celebrate the UK becoming the first G7 country to enshrine in law the UN-agreed target of spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on oversea aid (Photo: UNA-UK via Google licence)
Cameron can assure a lasting legacy
Insight, 07 June 2015
Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
Introduction to locally-controlled forestry
… keep the forests standing. This is where IIED's forest and prosperity work programme comes into play. National partnerships The forest and … to change policies and practice. Regular independent reviews of our work show that this approach benefits forests, as well as the … in locally-controlled forestry at an international level, while our work with local partners enables us to develop and share practices …
Article, 05 August 2013
At CBA12 participants talked about the different ways their cultures create inclusive spaces to reach consensus-based decisions (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
The power of storytelling: can traditions from the past find answers to the climate problem?
… understand why this is working so well, we wanted to deepen our understanding of how, where and when different cultures discuss … a process like talanoa? In the meantime, we want to keep building on our understanding of this highly powerful process. We want to hear from you!  Does your culture have a process like talanoa? How does it work and what is it called?  Do you think the Talanoa Dialogue should …
Insight, 17 August 2018
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Lessons learnt from a community scout programme in Uganda
… scout programmes elsewhere in Uganda. This brief report outlines our methods and results. Lessons learnt include: ~-Ensure a fair and …
Publication, 01 March 2018
An image from the fiscal tools animation, that was screened at the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi (Image: IIED/Nice and Serious)
IIED animation: using fiscal policy tools to create a sustainable future for ocean and people
… habitats to deadly plastic pollution, human activity has pushed our ocean to crisis point – and threatens the livelihoods of millions of …
News, 28 November 2018
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Protecting traditional health knowledge in Kenya: the role of customary laws and practices
… biological resources (BRs). Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 October 2012
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
… are already experimenting with, as they get ‘REDD+ ready’. Our event heard about various approaches including: paying 80% of the … capita payments to communities. This diversity means we’re enriching our knowledge on different approaches that might be useful in different … international development organisation SNV shared a report on their work in Vietnam [PDF] that highlights land rights tenure regimes as a …
Insight, 13 December 2012
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… and the environment. We see evidence of this more and more often in our work. But this was not always so obvious; climate change used to … surrounded by a sleeping architecture of better ways to organise our economies, communities and livelihoods."   At the turn of the new …
Insight, 12 August 2014