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Decentralising climate adaptation funds in Senegal
… their planning and budgeting. Decentralising Climate Funds (DFC) is a research-action and advocacy project supporting local people in Senegal …
Publication, 01 November 2015
Woman walking through a field, carrying a bag on her head.
How to green Africa from the grassroots
… and donor agencies. Local African voices are rarely heard, and research continues to focus on discrete technical questions rather than …
Insight, 04 January 2021
A hippo in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. IIED is helping the Uganda Wildlife Authority to address wildlife crime through community engagement (Photo: Mirko Eggert, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Park action plans: increasing community engagement in tackling wildlife crime
… Previous IIED-led research showed that while poverty is one driver of poaching and illegal … capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda was a research project that ran from 2014-17. We found that the greatest …
Project, 30 October 2017
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Fertile futures: nurturing the shoots of China’s sustainable agriculture
… these ‘new shoots’ in sustainable agriculture, drawing on detailed research conducted by IIED and its Chinese partners. It concludes by …
Publication, 01 March 2016
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Nature’s stewards: how local buy-in can help tackle wildlife crime in Uganda
… need to rethink current approaches to combatting wildlife crime. Our research suggests that more than 40 per cent of households living …
Publication, 01 March 2016
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Community and government planning together for climate resilient growth: issues and opportunities from Longido, Monduli and Ngorongoro Districts, northern Tanzania
… timely and appropriate manner that climate variability demands. Research conducted in three pastoral and agro-pastoral districts in …
Publication, 01 September 2014
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
News, 18 November 2015
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Energy and minerals in Greenland: Governance, corporate responsibility and social resilience
… It concludes with key recommendations and questions for further research and debate. …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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City adaptation strategies: recognising livelihood struggles of migrant workers in India
… to diverse livelihood risks and uncertainties in Indian cities. This research was part of a larger study that examined the vulnerability …
Publication, 01 June 2015
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… to disruptive change. Lila Buckley and Halina Ward reported on their research into how organisations in the Global South are responding to …
Article, 28 December 2016