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… and learning across sectors. Website  | Project page Pastoralism in Development – free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) 2023 - ongoing This … in designing and implementing country-driven, results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. Project page Poverty and … page Race to the top 2002 – 2003 A project based on constructive engagement between an alliance of organisations and the major UK …
Page, 30 September 2022
Small-scale gold miners in Madagascar. Photo: Global Environment Facility
IIED shines a light on small-scale mining
… small-scale mining from realising its potential to contribute to sustainable development." The sector is a paradox — productive but undervalued, … historically given little attention to the sector and how to make it sustainable, instead focusing on large scale mining. Rather than … Sustainable markets …
News, 05 March 2013
A man and a women sit in a field and dig up carrots. There is a basket in between them.
Climate change adaptation and resilience: an interactive learning journey
… approach that brings together the knowledge of multiple stakeholder groups in iterative cycles of learning, action and … for the changes to come and to climate-proof actions of today for sustainable outcomes of all interventions. IIED’s framework for social …
Project, 01 August 2022
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‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work
… shape our research, action and experience in the international development sector. A queer-feminist approach to creative writing is … to those of us professionally researching and advocating for a more sustainable and just world. When we had time, we came together to … artistic practice and performance. On the periphery of international development studies, some scholars have considered the embodied …
Insight, 13 April 2023
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Tackling discrepancies in timber trade data: comparing China and Mozambique
Publication, 01 March 2018
Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)
Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management
… from ongoing national programmes in eight countries, and multi-stakeholder dialogues. Our ultimate aim is to inform the design of … solutions for tackling poverty and improving ecosystems.   The 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed in 2015 will require governments to … and environmental effectiveness at ministerial levels Stakeholder engagement: we will host an international policy workshop in September …
Project, 26 April 2016
Covers of best publications 2021.
IIED's best of 2021: publications
…  that you don’t want to miss.  1 Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development … the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals.  The report, published with … show how IIED and partners are helping to encourage a fairer and more sustainable world.  7 The impacts of COVID-19 on climate diplomacy …
Article, 17 December 2021
Rosalind Goodrich's tweet about developing communications strategies (Image: IIED)
Planning for communication starts at research design stage
… a pretty low number of followers. Yet the other day I had my biggest engagement yet – and it was entirely unexpected.There's nothing … and climate adaptation in this case), and how this relates to policy development, international commitments and finance flows from the … Paris Agreement for climate change and domesticate targets from the Sustainable Development Goals. Going back to my original tweet, it was …
Insight, 27 March 2017
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… policy specify any requirements for imported timber. In reviewing stakeholder perceptions about the effects of Chinese investment on … in relation to the timber trade and investment in Africa Forest development trends, challenges and livelihoods in Africa in relation to … China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry …
News, 27 February 2013
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IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… partners hosted and spoke at COP side events. 2nd Wildlife Forum – Sustainable Use for Conservation and Livelihoods Date: Wednesday, 21 … for Biodiversity and Human Resilience Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement (CBD event – invitation only) … of Protected and Conserved Areas: early experience of a multi-stakeholder approach for enhancing equity and effectiveness Side event …
Event, 17 November 2018