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Kenya: Community-based marine area holds some important lessons for policy makers
… zone has been met with great biodiversity success. KCWA told me that research reports by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Coral Reef …
Insight, 14 November 2011
A Bangladeshi fisherman sleeps under a tree, one of thousands planted by the government in an attempt to slow tidal erosion and shield against winds as the country. As countries take such measures to tackle climate change, negotiators prepare for the road to Paris and COP21 (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Climate negotiations on the road to Paris: the Geneva stop
Insight, 06 February 2015
The Swiss ski resort of Davos, which hosts the World Economic Forum (Photo: swiss-image.ch/Michael Buholzer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The glass is half full: in 2015 we need to demand that our leaders deliver
… the direction of development in the next 15 years. The Independent Research Forum (IRF2015) , of which IIED is a member, welcomes the …
Insight, 21 January 2015
A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
… now I was seeing a better understanding, stories backed up by strong research, journalists attending conferences and showing a real …
Article, 21 March 2016
First detailed study of large land acquisitions in Africa warns of impacts on poor rural people
… Investments and International Land Deals in Africa", includes new research from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sudan, …
News, 25 May 2009
Children at an informal school in the Kibera area of Nairobi. Providing free education is one way to reduce urban poverty (Photo: Christy Gillmore, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why are the main means by which urban dwellers avoid hunger ignored?
Insight, 05 October 2011
Assessing REDD+: beyond carbon measurements
… and diversify production possibilities. For this to happen, both research and extension services must help produce and test technologies …
Insight, 08 September 2011
a turtle
Navigating ocean investments
Article, 01 October 2019
Land cleared for palm oil production, Indonesia (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
… is relevant in a wide range of places. Moving forward More research is needed to shed light on the extent to which investors rely …
Insight, 17 February 2016
A man walks past the river Niger in Mopti, Mali.
Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
… the past. I asked a dozen people from national and local government, research, NGOs, politics, and donor agencies what they want a new …
Insight, 12 June 2013