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Cover for G03179.pdf
Adaptation laboratory
… change radically alters conditions. This paper looks at how Action Research for Community Adapation in Bangladesh (ARCAB),a global …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Cover for G04375.pdf
Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 6
… On 15-16 February 2015, the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015) …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Seed industry and UN agency ignore traditional ways to protect biodiversity and knowledge
… because of growing corporate control of the seeds they plant. IIED’s research with partners in China, India, Kenya, Panama and Peru shows … In addition to lobbying parties to the CBD on this issue, the research partners have taken their recommendations to forums such as the …
News, 09 November 2009
Women crush and separate rocks containing gold ore for extraction at Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village, Geita, Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Picturing the ASM space
… play and challenges facing ASM. We have also undertaken comprehensive research and engaged with a wider group of stakeholders to assess what … Points of contention  Drawing on these inputs, and on previous research, we can start to explore the emerging opportunities for greater … companies, often prevent this from happening Shared challenges In our research, stakeholders prioritised a number of key issues to address in …
Insight, 05 June 2015
Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background
Trees need locally-grown politics
… The collective brings together the expertise of UK and Southern-based research partner organisations and offers a rapid social science research response to inform decision-making on some of the most pressing …
Insight, 04 June 2021
The Nature-based Solutions Policy Platform provides information about climate change adaptation planning around the globe
Nature-based solutions policy platform
… , and has been developed with funding from the  Natural Environment Research Council  and  Oxford University . The IKI is supported by the …
News, 14 June 2018
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… process through a programme of locally owned 'dialogues' . Backed by research and stakeholder engagement, these dialogues result in … is senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 25 October 2016
An image of a crowd of members of the USaid Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) team rescue a teen in the Gongabu, Kathmandu District, five days after the Nepal earthquake in April 2015 (Photo: USaid, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Collaborations in urban humanitarian response – introducing the Global Alliance for Urban Crises
… and learning from past experiences, including by funding original research, to help achieve this commitment. The multi-stakeholder …
Insight, 31 May 2016
In 2018 IIED welcomed colleagues from Brazil, Cameroon, India, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe to Communications Learning Week (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
Communications Learning Weeks
… policy analysts. After our 2019 learning week IIED's head of research communications, Rosalind Goodrich, wrote about the value of … meet with researchers to learn about their views on publishing their research. A key feature of the week is a discussion of the latest ways …
Article, 07 July 2015
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… such as a gap in skills or financial resources. IIED's global research and collaboration with Hivos under the Energy Change Lab in … researcher working on energy in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 12 September 2016