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Strengthening user-rights over local resources in Wollo, Ethiopia
… and methodological concerns, by following a holistic approach to sustainable land husbandry to complement the Government's agricultural … to those who wish to practice a usufruct-rights approach for sustainable natural resource management. …
Publication, 01 January 2001
A male shepherdwith a stick leads dozens of sheep winding behind him on a dusty trail
Valuing variability
Article, 17 December 2012
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Making community based forest management work
… fuel, food, construction, medicine and income generation. Beyond agriculture, forests provide one of the only resources from which to …
Publication, 01 November 2008
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NGOs, Business and the Challenges of ‘Scaling Up’:
… some practical experiences of scaling up market initiatives in the agriculture and energy sectors * To identify options for networking and … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 July 2007
Christiana Figueres is executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She used her appearance at the 2012 Barbara Ward Lecture to call for an "energy revolution"
2012 Barbara Ward Lecture: Christiana Figueres calls for an "energy revolution"
Event, 09 March 2012
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Rebalancing power in global food chains through a “Ways of Working” approach: an experience from Kenya
… in securing their basic rights, decent working conditions and sustainable livelihoods. A collaborative initiative led by Traidcraft … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 August 2019
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… increased due to many factors including the development of commercial agriculture, climate change, urbanisation and population growth. … women’s land rights have never been stronger. Targets under the fifth Sustainable Development Goal – to achieve gender equality and empower …
Insight, 15 October 2020
United Nations decision prompts potato celebration in Peru
… of the Andean region." Michel Pimbert, director of the sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and livelihoods programme at IIED agrees: "The … Food and agriculture …
News, 31 October 2007
Why REDD matters in Mozambique - a story in pictures
… to the large-scale industrial, the logging, fuel needs and expanding agriculture that threaten the forests are revealed.  But we also see the … are being researched and tested to battle the deforestation and find sustainable solutions to climate change that benefit the poor.  These …
News, 14 February 2011
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… release . 3. Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash Valley, Ethiopia This paper quantifies the … agencies often see as only as a problem — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according … the report or read the press release . 10. Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods This 66th issue …
Article, 27 December 2013