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Experts available at Financing for Development conference
… negotiations, and adaptation planning in Nepal and Ethiopia. Further resources Blog: It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for …
News, 13 July 2015
Cover for 17207IIED.pdf
Multi-stakeholder governance strengthens sustainable livelihoods in Bosawás, Nicaragua
… people live side by side with mestizos (people of mixed race). Forest resources are under high pressure and land rights are often contested, …
Publication, 01 March 2014
Cover for 17084IIED.pdf
Equitable benefit-sharing or self-interest?
… A legally binding protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing is to be adopted by the 193 governments … aims to ensure that the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably with biodiversity-rich but … This could help reverse the rapid loss of biodiversity and genetic~resources. But unless governments make some major progress in their …
Publication, 01 September 2010
Uganda food lab participants add their names to a declaration that came out of the lab discussions (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Food Change Labs tackle complex issues with the whole system in the room
… is a paradox in many places around the world: regions rich in natural resources, but with high levels of undernourishment and untapped local … and design, with attention to citizen’s voice and allocated resources for the co-creation and implementation of ideas, these … areas did not capitalise on the potential of nearby natural resources, while the municipality was struggling to adapt to low-income …
Insight, 30 January 2019
Cover for 17182IIED.pdf
REDD+ and rights: extending carbon rights in the DRC to climate-regulating services
… of Congo (DRC) the state has ultimate ownership rights to all resources, adjudicating land use rights and revoking them if public …
Publication, 01 November 2013
Cover for G04070.pdf
National Report on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Development Planning Initiative Zimbabwe
… and integrated into the implementation of the other goals, improved resources allocation and an increased understanding of biodiversity in …
Publication, 01 March 2016
A pastoral women in Ethiopia
Beyond survival – rethinking safety nets for pastoralists in Ethiopia
… have resulted in food shortages and malnutrition. Competition over resources and land has restricted grazing areas, leading to conflicts …
Insight, 04 October 2018
A glass full of coins, with a plant sprouting out of the top
A green recovery for inclusion: debt relief and special drawing rights for climate action
… a debt service suspension initiative to free up countries’ financial resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, it does not go far enough to …
Event, 07 July 2021
Man looks at two chimpanzees on a forest path
Q&A: New policy champions communities in the push to conserve Uganda’s wildlife
… Communities felt disenfranchised of their traditional right to access resources. Many of the conservation policies introduced during colonial … population was increasing and placing immense pressure on natural resources. Human-wildlife interactions and conflicts were increasing. … enough income to buy meat and don’t need to go poaching. Targeted resources will be dedicated to alternative livelihood programmes, to …
Article, 21 July 2020
Downtown Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania is on track to have a population over 50 million (Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The shifting power of cities
Insight, 05 October 2016