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A new publication will profile the success of locally controlled forestry business models (Image: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Local control of forestry could significantly slow man-made forest loss
… declines in forest health unless current behaviours change, and research in Nature has shown that humans have almost halved the world's …
News, 04 September 2015
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Partnership, Coordination, and Accountability in Urban Disaster Management: A Review of Policies in Bangladesh
… dissemination and if taken into account by relevant authorities – the research findings will lead to a significant improvement in the …
Publication, 01 December 2017
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… and practitioners to explore these questions, including through new research. A cloudy lens What we do know is how current narratives are … Nairobi's informal settlements by the African Population and Health Research Centre show similar trends, finding that around half of the … more important in rural areas. In West Africa, for example, CIRAD research shows that more than half of all imported rice is bought by …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Understanding complex drivers of wildlife crime to design effective conservation interventions
… for free online, however, you may request the full text for free via Research Gate: www.researchgate.net/publication/332327330 …
Publication, 01 April 2019
Pavan Sukhdev makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Understanding what's at stake
… the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking's research program, have already visited IIED's Gray's Inn Road office … presentation, Escaping the Malthusian Trap , focused on emerging research that describes the economy as an evolving complex system, and … than GDP? Yes, but better at what?, and Kate Raworth, Senior Visiting Research Associate with the Environmental Change Unit at Oxford …
Event, 11 March 2014
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Ecosystem-based adaptation: Question-based guidance for assessing effectiveness
Publication, 01 May 2017
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Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala
… farmland and the agri-food sector. This report is the result of the research carried out pursuant to the research report summary published by Oxfam and the International …
Publication, 01 September 2013
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Mobility and connectivity: driving rural livelihood transformations in Africa
… Recent research in Cameroon, Ghana and Tanzania has revealed major drivers of …
Publication, 01 March 2017
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Participatory resource mapping
Publication, 01 March 2017
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Quasi-experimental methods
Publication, 01 March 2017