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Press photographers recording the opening plenary (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP19)
… Workshop Date: Friday 15 November REDD+ could bring benefits to poor forest-dependent communities but this is by no means guaranteed. This … cities to mitigate and adapt. Additionally a cross-agency task team has begun to map tools and formulate a ‘One UN’ approach to build …
Event, 01 January 2015
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… goals (see list of speakers and other information ). An IIED team of researchers, writers, editors and designers has worked over the … from full protection to promoting multiple uses — protection of forest cover is now combined with agroforestry to provide farmers with …
News, 20 June 2012
Two of the 20 questions in last year's environment and development quiz. After learning lots of lessons, we have produced another one this year... (Image: IIED)
A quiz-ical look at Christmas content
Insight, 24 December 2015
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Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty
Insight, 25 April 2013
Participants at the meeting establish how their NGO works with communities in DRC (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
… close the distance Recognising these concerns, IIED's biodiversity team has worked over the past year to understand whether setting up a … the group. Alessandra Giuliani ([email protected])   is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 24 August 2014
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… of the farmer, the experience of the multi-disciplinary development team, and the individual researcher into an eight-page newsletter that highlights breakthroughs … service. Recent thematic issues cover the latest in tropical forest products, training opportunities in sustainable ag, seeds and …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… Marie Monimart and Michel Pimbert (formerly with the IIED agroecology team) discussed whether agricultural research takes into account gender … emissions from land use and land use changes under the UN-REDD and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility processes. Because gender disparities …
Project, 26 April 2011
A Conservancy Rhino Ranger in Namibia stands proudly before a cow and calf that he has tracked during a patrol. Rhino sightings have increased over the past 12 months thanks to an expanded Rhino Ranger force and support organisations (Photo: Minnesota Zoo and Save the Rhino Trust)
Community-led solutions: key force in tackling wildlife crime
… around sustainable development. Dr Dilys Roe, biodiversity team leader at the International Institute for Environment and … and economic development – for example through tourism or trade in forest products. Depletion of this asset as a result of illegal trade …
News, 02 March 2015
Pakistan: floods and after
Insight, 01 September 2010
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… Conservation International, Madagascar; Maurizio Ferrari, Forest Peoples Programme, UK; Phil Franks, IIED, UK.  Governance as a … 18 November IIED and Natural Justice are working with a dedicated team of indigenous and other lawyers and practitioners to review the …
Event, 12 November 2014