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Pastoral livelihoods in the drylands are facing climate challenges such as increasing temperatures and increased frequency of extreme weather events (Photo: Practical Action)
Why we need to plug the adaptation technology gap
Insight, 25 May 2018
An art piece exhibited at the 2nd Fort Portal Annual Street Art Exhibition on Climate Change (Photo: Christopher Busiinge/KRRC)
Uganda: Is art the answer to communicating about climate change?
Insight, 10 September 2014
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Coastal urban climate-resilience planning in Quy Nhon, Vietnam
… spatial decision-making process, which requires a multi-disciplinary research approach. It should take into account a range of factors from …
Publication, 01 February 2015
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The impact of South African supermarkets on agricultural development in the SADC: a case study in Zambia, Namibia and Botswana
Publication, 01 March 2009
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
Insight, 05 November 2021
WoDaaBe pastoralist with his cattle.
Pastoral livelihoods and climate change in Niger
… for land, rising population and decentralisation. What IIED did The research sought a better understanding of how different pastoral groups … of these are successful and why  (website in French). Central to the research was also gaining an understanding of the role of politics and … and residence impacted on these groups’ capacities to adapt.  Research findings were subsequently documented in a video by Marie …
Project, 05 February 2010
A family guards their crops from wild animals on the boundary of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Conservation works better with social justice
… as rural poverty. Social justice is needed  When presenting our research findings at workshops to Ugandan policy makers and conservation … and better access to sustainable resource use. Around Bwindi, our research and U-PCLG's advocacy activities are helping ICD interventions … biodiversity specialist at Parsons Brinckerhoff Read more about this research: Linking Conservation, Equity and Poverty Alleviation: …
Insight, 20 August 2014
Hippos are poached at Queen Elizabeth National Park for food, to generate income, and for cultural purposes such as to improve fertility (Photo: Tiziana Zoccheddu)
Wildlife crime and poverty: what are the links?
… effective at treating worms than modern medicine. As our previous research at Bwindi highlighted, inequity in the sharing of the costs and … is using the lessons learned from this evidence review to target research. We want to ascertain who is involved in various wildlife … local communities, government agencies and park management to focus research into the potential effectiveness of future responses to …
Insight, 13 May 2015
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Roses and people: exploring sustainable livelihoods in the Rose valley, Bulgaria (PLA 58)
… information’ above. In this article the author describes her field research on the social dynamics and processes integral to rose … central Bulgaria, There has been no significant socio-anthropological research into how social, economic and cultural developments have …
Publication, 01 June 2008
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Ways of working for sustainable development
… IIED works at the crossroads of policy, research and advocacy, with the aim of furthering sustainable … outcome. It has become increasingly popular in discussions of policy research. This is in recognition of the problems with monitoring and assessing policy-related research and information initiatives in terms of their formal outputs …
Publication, 01 June 2004