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Approximately 80 heads of state and government attended the UN climate change conference in Marrakech in November 2016 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How can the poorest increase the influence of their climate diplomacy? 
Insight, 19 January 2017
Water is conserved at a devolved climate finance project site in Zanzibar
Responding to climate change in Tanzania by strengthening dryland governance and planning
Project, 16 March 2018
Cover for G01099.pdf
Fifth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Statement by IIED, Andes (Peru) and Call of the Earth
… the privatisation and commercial use of indigenous knowledge and resources. While a number of UN agencies are developing valuable policy …
Publication, 01 May 2006
Prioritising positive and negative social impacts of the protected area at Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda (Photo: Rob Small)
Introduction to conservation, communities and equity
… communities, especially in relation to peoples' ability to access resources essential for their livelihoods and to defend their assets … often ignored – making it impossible for them to protect the land and resources they own or manage. Communities rarely have a voice in …
Article, 05 August 2013
Cover for 17009IIED.pdf
Watershed services: who pays and for what?
… incentives for sustainable management to those closest to natural resources. A review of active and proposed schemes in developing nations …
Publication, 01 August 2007
Cover for 7798IIED.pdf
Balancing the Opportunity Costs of Wildlife Conservation for Communities around Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
Publication, 01 January 1999
An early sunrise at COP14 in Poznan (Photo: Friends of the Earth, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP14 UN Climate Change Conference
Event, 20 December 2008
A woman harvests palm fruit in Tanzania
Local solutions to strengthen women’s voices in land governance
… Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana shared their experiences. While natural resources investments can potentially provide local benefits, they often …
Article, 13 May 2019
Cover for 17069IIED.pdf
'Land grabs' in Africa: can the deals work for development?
… – the result of a direct dependence on agriculture and natural resources. It is not surprising, then, that a recent wave of large-scale …
Publication, 01 September 2009
Man next to a pile of dried crops of maize.
New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action
Insight, 02 November 2021