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A farm in Uganda. There has recently been much debate about responsible investment in the agricultural sector (Photo: US Aid, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
… (law and sustainable development) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . This is a lightly revised version of remarks made at …
Insight, 16 October 2017
Cover for G03004.pdf
Biomass energy – optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services: report of an international workshop
… consortium drawn from India, Kenya, Malawi and the UK met to design a research proposal that would deliver both excellent multi-disciplinary …
Publication, 01 December 2010
Politicians, farmers, and civil society and church leaders broadcast their commitments to take action to improve food systems live on KRC’s radio station, KRC 102 FM The Farmers' Voice. (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Food summit secures strong commitment to drive change in Ugandan food systems
… by the municipality of Fort Portal in partnership with Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC ), IIED and Hivos , local citizens … surrounding region," said Christopher Busiinge, head of the Kabarole Research and Resource Centre's Information Unit. "How we produce, …
Insight, 28 April 2016
Informal settlements around Laguna Lake near Manila in the Philippines (Photo: Arlynn Aquino EU/ECHO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate responsive cities: a road towards the 'New Urban Agenda'?
Insight, 15 November 2016
Cover for G03825.pdf
Linking great ape conservation and poverty alleviation in DRC, Workshop Report
… all the actors involved (conservation and development organisations, research institutes, private sector and government). In response to …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Tom Pye helped redesign the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) newsletter, a monthly bulletin for people working on biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation (Image: PCLG)
A valuable learning experience
… helped me better understand the work carried out by the different research groups in IIED . I looked at several comparable newsletters in …
Insight, 19 April 2016
Lions on the move in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. While populations of lions have increased by 12% in four countries, including Botswana, studies show a 43% overall decline from 1993-2014 (Photo: Barrett, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
To save Africa's wildlife, conservation needs a radical shake-up
… ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 03 March 2018
Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower? 
… ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 31 October 2016
Cover for G03765.pdf
Local preferences for REDD+ payment formats in Brazil, The Bolsa Floresta Programme, RDS Rio Negro
… still being realistic in terms of cost. The objective of the field research that this study draws together was to understand how people …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Cover for G01591.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 2 Participatory rural appraisal: a quick-and-dirty critique
… day a colleague showed me what seemed a professionally competent research Others may have different historical accounts, proposal, … discussion of but to my knowledge debates about PRA in the section on research methods. It Participatory Rural Appraisal and Rapid Rural seems that all research proposals with a rural Appraisal (henceforth PRA/RRA) began …
Publication, 01 January 1995