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Two women wearing traditional gowns stand in a maize field
EbA Evidence and Policy: China
… on nature, climate and poverty alleviation during the CBD COP 15. Our case study was included in COP 15’s ‘100 +_Biodiversity Positive … and Chinese Realities" and held the opening ceremony in Beijing of our photography exhibition about traditional farming culture. Under the …
Project, 13 June 2018
Cover for G03340.pdf
Community biocultural protocols: building mechanisms for access and benefit sharing among the communities of the Potato Park based on Quechua customary norms (detailed report)
… of the Nagoya Protocol. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 March 2012
Cover for 17085IIED.pdf
Banking on biodiversity
… forage, livelihoods and culture. The good news is that it can work the other way. Poor communities, as long-term stewards of the … environmental degradation. By banking on biodiversity, we can protect our natural legacy while tackling poverty locally, nationally and …
Publication, 01 October 2010
Cover for G02787.pdf
Use it or lose it: protecting the traditional knowledge, genetic resources and customary laws of marginal farmers in Southwest China
… institutes and local farmers. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 October 2010
Five chimneys. Two of them releasing smoke.
Why the ‘climate club’ needs to take on investment rules
… In a statement naming climate action as the “greatest challenge of our time”, Scholz stressed the urgency of implementation. But he also … that climate change cannot be tackled successfully if countries work alone, or even as a group like the European Union (EU).    Instead, …
Insight, 14 March 2022
People planting seedlings in water
Towards better assessment of adaptation results
… already have environment information and monitoring frameworks that work well. Linking into these systems can deliver efficiencies by … with global frameworks and informing adaptation MEL. Drawing from our analysis, we identify two broad routes for linking up: i) global … funds can nurture less sophisticated country-level M&E systems.  Our recommendations are detailed below: i) Global RMFs can align with …
Insight, 31 October 2019
Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… responses to current events or discussions, or about their authors’ work on the ground. This has encouraged grassroots organisations and … priority to authors from the global South. This is also the case for our journal, Environment and Urbanization . For this blog series, to … fight against COVID-19. Within this, there was great interest in the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation with three blogs …
Article, 09 May 2022
Two people carrying bags on their head walk through a bridge over a river
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Article, 17 February 2021
Artisanal miners of Mali
Mali’s new mining law: an improvement, but fails artisanal miners
… But we’ll set aside the grand political economy debate to share our thoughts on the new law, concentrating on the areas covered by our policy recommendations from late last year: fiscal reforms, … require that central government committees implement the fund’s work; future regulations will detail their make-up and remit.  There is …
Insight, 08 October 2019
Mpugu Parish borders Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (top right). Photo: Andrew Kirkby
Maps reveal what motivates people to take resources from flagship national park
… or fuel. Walking through the park’s mountainous terrain is tough work. How far have these men come? Where and how do they live? What … effective in alleviating poverty . To help identify better solutions, our mapping work aims to understand what factors motivate people to … bush meat hunters —who pose a greater threat to conservation. Our maps also show how people’s locations can compound their poverty to …
Insight, 09 October 2013