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Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
Insight, 15 April 2015
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
Insight, 20 December 2013
A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community and climate resilience
Insight, 17 April 2012
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… Initiative. This blog was first published by the Independent Research Forum (IRF) , of which IIED is a partner. …
Insight, 24 March 2015
Seven ways equity can promote success at the UN climate talks
Insight, 07 November 2013
Local logging bosses ('patrons') attend a training session on business organisation and forest management in the remote miombo forest near Caia in Central Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mozambique's forest theatre – how will the play end?
Insight, 04 March 2015
The Enhancing Equity workshop in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park brought together government officials, local residents and conservationists (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Enhancing equity and fairness
… can be fairer. How inequity affects conservation efforts Recent research at Bwindi has highlighted how inequity can affect conservation …
Insight, 23 February 2015
A night view of the 193 flags of the UN Member States outside the UN Office in Geneva (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
On the road to Paris: departing Geneva with expectations high
Insight, 16 February 2015
Invest in farmers, not in farmland
… farmland. Lorenzo Cotula leads the Land Rights Team at the UK-based research body the International Institute for Environment and …
Insight, 22 February 2012
Hotel Sri Tahjung
Rafts of rubber and a hotel for birds with spit that sells
… or coexist.  In February 2012, the Center for International Forestry Research published a study that shows how traditional livelihoods in …
Insight, 21 February 2012