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Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Senegal
… gain sufficient access to land to maintain viable enterprises. This research report draws on field research to understand the drivers and impacts of trends in land use and …
Publication, 01 May 2017
Aerial view of informal settlement
COVID-19 in cities: pathways towards a transformative urban recovery
Insight, 15 June 2021
Woman cultivating a garden with plants and palm trees.
Locally led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey
Insight, 12 January 2021
Cutting down trees, especially for livestock grazing, can lead to soil erosion, as seen on this hillside outside Addis Ababa (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaping the future of forest and farm landscapes in Africa
… food supply to sub-Saharan Africa must also more than double.  IIED research has shown the necessary boost in supply cannot be achieved … to manage the existing and future competition for land.  IIED's research has highlighted that a better understanding of the political … SENTINEL (Social and Environmental Trade-offs in African Agriculture) research initiative. This aims to enhance capacities of both UK and …
Insight, 21 August 2017
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In search of shelter: the case of Hawassa, Ethiopia
… of residents. This working paper presents findings of recent research into the shelter challenges faced by low-income and vulnerable …
Publication, 01 January 2020
Cecilia Silva and Carla Silva Pompilio from Angola, browsing through ‘Becoming a UNFCCC delegate’, Marrakech, November 2017 (Photo: Janna Tenzing/IIED)
Building the capacity of LDCs to engage in the UNFCCC negotiations
… workshops , led by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Helping organise and participating in LDC Group … Development Programme (UNDP) Informing ongoing negotiations through research, in direct partnership with LDCs . All our papers were …
Project, 28 March 2018
Groups of people gather around tables and talk
Save the date for 2020 Development and Climate Days
News, 09 November 2020
Old woman walks in the forest holding a stick.
How the Amazon bioeconomy can catalyse an inclusive green economy
… forest ecosystems. In 2021, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research  (in Portuguese) reported (PDF) the deforestation rate in the …
Insight, 27 June 2022
People crouching on a field with their hands on the ground
Indigenous Peoples and local communities excluded from decision making on money to help them tackle nature loss
News, 13 December 2022
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Towards sustainable markets
… citizens in the design, development, interpretation and use of research and dialogue. …
Publication, 01 July 2019