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Cover for 6347IIED.pdf
Women's Participation in Watershed Development in India
… because women play a central role in the management of natural resources. Land-based activities usually generate more income and carry …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Cover for X188IIED.pdf
Demystifying Facilitation in Participatory Development
Publication, 01 January 2000
Peru’s Belen Valley is a landscape largely uninhabited by humans, but home to hummingbirds, the spectacled bear and more than 50 species native to the area (Photo: Leendeleo via Flickr)
Have your say: Enabling forest landscapes to score Sustainable Development Goals
Event, 16 December 2014
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Urbanization, gender and urban poverty: paid work and unpaid carework in the cities
… sustainability and more efficient use of increasingly scarce natural resources. For women, urbanization is associated with greater access to …
Publication, 01 March 2012
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… circular economy models that involve recycling, reuse and combining resources to reduce dependency on external inputs, in particular fossil … food systems by enhancing local access and control over productive resources — including land and territories, water, seeds and livestock …
Project, 14 August 2013
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… Water resources are increasingly under pressure in many parts of the world, … have to be moved and resettled be compensated for their land and lost resources? What direct access will they have to the benefits generated …
Project, 05 August 2013
A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.
The case for sewers
… by cutting costs and combining household, community and government resources. Communities did the ‘small pipes’ while government provided …
Insight, 19 November 2021
‘Land grabs’ in Africa: is there an alternative?
… big risks. Local people can end up losing the land, water and other resources that have supported their livelihoods for generations, while …
Insight, 08 March 2011
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
… one another. We say we are ‘stronger together’, and as we combine our resources, our wisdom and our experience, we are able to solve problems …
Article, 03 June 2021
IIED founder Barbara Ward has been honoured with a stamp in the Royal Mail's Remarkable Lives series
Royal Mail honours IIED founder Barbara Ward's 'remarkable life' with new stamp
… with a concern for the global environment and the earth's diminishing resources. Her work helped to define and establish today's widely …
News, 24 March 2014