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CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
… a range of activities: fellowships, attendance at meetings, research, regional workshops and outreach. Its objects are:  To … meeting key national contacts, donors, project partners and NGOs.  Research The CLACC network began undertaking research in 2005. The research looked at grassroots adaptation …
Project, 05 September 2008
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REDD+ for profit or for good? Review of private sector and NGO experience in REDD projects
… of the private sector, NGOs and government. The motivation of the research reported on here was to better understand private sector and …
Publication, 01 April 2015
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Transformation for food sovereignty: transforming knowledge and ways of knowing (Part III: Chapter 7)
… and food consumers worldwide need a stronger say in how agricultural research is funded, designed, implemented and controlled to ensure that … modified crops and frame policies for food and agricultural research. …
Publication, 01 May 2009
A family at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia. Some 650,000 migrants and refugees travelled through Croatia between September 2015 and January 2016 (Photo: Meabh Smith/Trócaire, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Responding to transit refugees in Croatia
… Croatia from September 2015 to January 2016. An IIED-supported research project  has been looking at how local authorities and … authorities (local and central), one of the main contentions our research found was between the humanitarian concept of 'protection' and … internal resettlement. Maren Larsen ( [email protected] ) is a research affiliate at the Institute for International Urban Development …
Insight, 19 August 2016
Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)
Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems
… of agricultural commodity markets. IIED is carrying out action research to address these challenges. Our work aims to promote farming … approaches work for whom, and how they work, is an emerging research interest for us and our partners. Resources Multiple Pathways: …
Article, 05 August 2013
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… the 'REDD+ and gender', 'Testing REDD+' and 'Private sector REDD+' research , and outlined the objectives of the meeting IIED consultant …
Insight, 23 December 2015
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans (Photo: Jamie Skinner)
Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
… (GWI) in West Africa is part of a global programme of action-research and lobbying funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.  The … some of the areas in which IUCN works.  The union supports scientific research, manages projects across the world and brings together … for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent, non-profit research institute. Set up in 1971 and based in London, IIED provides …
News, 07 May 2014
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Planning and costing agriculture’s adaptation to climate change in the salinity prone cropping system of Bangladesh
… active in promoting technological advances for adaptive practices. Research agencies in Bangladesh are also up to date and in the process … adaptive varieties and farming techniques were developed by local research agencies. The claims of institutional stakeholders have been …
Publication, 01 October 2011
The new university in Ségou. Mali's capital city, Bamako, is the nation's political and economic power base – greater decentralisation will bring many benefits (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)
Four challenges facing Mali amid efforts to rebuild
… Last month I spent a fortnight in Mali to get my new research project under way. It was the height of the hot season, before … across the region.  Examining three decades of change   My own research work is off to a good start. I am writing the story of the … in terms of land, livelihoods, people and values.  I have got my research permit, hired a research assistant who knows the area well, and …
Insight, 21 June 2016
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IIED in brief - A mini guide to the 2012/13 IIED Annual Report
… in partnership with others. About us:~IIED is a policy and action research organisation. We promote sustainable development to improve …
Publication, 01 September 2013