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A solar-powered building alongside wetland
LDCs and the Paris Agreement: moving from international commitments to national implementation
… 8 September (11am-12.30pm GMT+1), will examine ' Loss and damage – research, policy and lived experience in LDCs '.  This discussion will …
News, 20 July 2020
The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))
Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results
… We know from our research that indigenous peoples play a key role in conserving both the … is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 16 January 2017
An aerial view of London. Southwark, on the left, is surprisingly undense (Photo: David, Bergin, Emmett and Elliott, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How can compact cities keep house prices under control?
… is senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group and senior economist with the Coalition for Urban …
Insight, 14 September 2017
Addressing the needs of urban children and adolescents
… The Human Settlements research group’s work in this field was developed by Roger Hart and Sheridan Bartlett of the Children’s Environments Research Group (New York University). Dr Bartlett worked part-time in …
Project, 05 January 2009
A group meeting on climate change on boat run by the organisation Shidhulai in Natore, Bangladesh (Photo: Tony Stonehouse/IIED)
Developing nations strengthen ability to demonstrate effective climate change adaptation
News, 27 February 2015
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Mozambique: Work plan 2013
… FGLG teams. Activities in 2013 include conducting and disseminating a research study of the illegal harvesting of timber in the Rovuma region, …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)
How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?
… is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group ; Samuel Bowers ([email protected]) is a research scientist at The University of Edinburgh …
Insight, 11 January 2017
The UN Climate Action Summit
Real climate ambition means switching to 'business unusual'
Insight, 04 October 2019
Peruvian men and women on a mountainside, pouring water on the earth
Learning to value Mother Earth
… to “dream”: about how they saw food production and agricultural research in the future on their farms and in their local communities. … farmers, and for farmers to have a greater say in future agricultural research. Don Rufino Chambi, 63, who has been a farmer all his life, … like these, and other citizens, to decide what type of agricultural research is needed. The aim is to put the individuals who produce, …
Article, 02 June 2013
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Decentralising climate adaptation funds in Mali
… and budgeting systems. Decentralising Climate Funds (DFC) is a research-action and advocacy project supporting local people in Senegal …
Publication, 01 November 2015