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Images of indigenous biocultural heritage territories are profiled in a new photofilm (Photo: IIED)
New photofilm profiles biocultural heritage territories
… and are critical repositories of genetic resources for food and agriculture and climate adaptation.  The film opens with the vision for … knowledge systems for biodiversity conservation and climate smart agriculture. The film was produced as part of the Smallholder Innovation …
News, 11 November 2014
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… the military – the NLD is supporting positive changes in forest and agriculture through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and … 'Forest users to producers: scaling up FFPOs business to implement Sustainable Development Goals in climate resilient landscapes', … role of empowered forest and farm producers in meeting many of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia, alongside any more specific …
Insight, 05 December 2017
The view from the back of the conference centre at the British Library for the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Hundreds discuss rewriting the narrative on Africa and climate change
… known expert in the field of climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture and policy development. She is also a lead author for the  …
News, 20 November 2014
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
Insight, 21 November 2017
Cover for G01278.pdf
International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools (FFS): Emerging Issues and Challenges, 21-25 October 2002
… action are needed to expand knowledge of agro-ecology for sustainable agriculture, people-environment interactions and deliberative democracy. … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 October 2002
A six-minute film recorded in the Mathare settlement, Narobi, in late April 2015 shows some of the main challenges faced by food vendors living and working inside low-income informal settlements (Image: Paolo Cravero/IIED)
Informal food vendors: urban food security's invisible experts
… to  International Labour Organization data (PDF) . To achieve sustainable urban food security, the knowledge and insights from local … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 24 June 2015
Cover for G01510.pdf
00 Title Author ENDNOTES
… of the latest and most applicable information in the field of sustainable agriculture in the Tropics. Written for people working in the field in … into an eight-page newsletter that highlights breakthroughs in sustainable agriculture. Our audience functions as an Information … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 1970
The Forest and Farm Facility is now working with Ecuador forest farm producers such as this bamboo production business
Forest and Farm Facility Phase II
… and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that strengthens … of change. It seeks to position them as the main implementers of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, it will strengthen FFPO …
Project, 24 March 2019
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Biocultural heritage for resilient mountain communities
… development for biocultural heritage, climate change adaptation and sustainable food systems through community-to-community exchanges. It … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 February 2019
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… Partnership (GRP)/Climate Resilience Network (CRN), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)/UN Climate … senior researcher, Natural Resources, IIED; Chip Cunliffe, director, sustainable development, AXA XL; Mike Jennings, strategic grant manager, … no one behind. Among those who joined were those at the frontline of sustainable development and climate agendas, including practitioners, …
Event, 02 December 2020