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Tackling discrepancies in timber trade data: comparing China and Mozambique
… development of forests in the exporting countries, where forest resources are being depleted. Regulation on timber trade, especially …
Publication, 01 March 2018
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National Report on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Development Planning Initiative Malawi
Publication, 01 January 2016
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… living in and around forests, and those who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods, have the right rights and incentives.  …
Insight, 14 July 2020
Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… is something I would like to do but limited land and natural resources make it a challenge.” Her position in society allows her to … pests and diseases is her biggest challenge, along with access to resources. She says: “I would also like to farm eggplants, cabbages and groundnuts, but I need access to certain resources to make this change. Fertilisers, pesticides to control the …
Insight, 24 October 2019
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… commercial development pressures, lack of secure rights to land and resources, migration and lack of cultural education. As a result, many … and protect indigenous peoples’ rights to territories, natural resources, traditional knowledge and self-determination. And indigenous …
Insight, 18 February 2020
Meeting of the Ogiek community of Sasimwani to review their draft by-laws (Photo: Namati/Jaron Vogelsang)
Using community by-laws to secure customary land rights in Kenya
… to have legal recognition of their rights to their lands and natural resources.  On Wednesday 16 November 2016, IIED hosted a webinar on … knowledge of traditional practices regarding land and natural resources and applying that knowledge to support the sociological, …
Event, 16 November 2018
Indian women working a rice field
Enhancing climate resilience impacts of India’s social protection programme
Project, 07 January 2021
The Asian Development Bank is helping herders in Mongolia combat the consequences of climate change by training them to cultivate fodder or animal feed that is more resilient towards extreme weather changes, using plants that are adapted to the area (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
Insight, 03 August 2015
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Humanitarian responses by local actors: Lessons learned from managing the transit of migrants and refugees through Croatia
… about how to coordinate assistance. The response relied on local resources and communities in a major way but it spared local governments …
Publication, 01 August 2016
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… of least developed countries (LDCs) are heavily reliant on natural resources. It is therefore no surprise that they are leading the way in … Republic of Congo (DRC).  Abbi Buxton , associate in IIED’s Natural Resources research group, writes in this photoblog about nascent efforts …
Article, 23 December 2021