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Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
Page, 27 October 2017
Cover for 9024IIED.pdf
Overestimating Land Degradation, Underestimating Farmers in the Sahel
Publication, 01 January 2001
Animals gather in the shade of a rusting ship near the Aral Sea (Photo: Mark Pitcher)
Are Kazakhstan's plans for a greener future at risk?
Insight, 31 October 2014
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… as the Aichi targets, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). I joined a selected panel with Eike … Karousakis ( OECD ) and Robert Repetto (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) , as well as policymakers from Uganda, … market prices, subsidies are powerful levers to influence groups. Agriculture is a haven for subsidies. The UK spends £3 billion per year …
Insight, 25 July 2017
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
Project, 04 September 2018
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… Goal  "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation" may not prove sustainable if handpumps continue to fail in such large numbers. IIED … people in Mali, Ghana, Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso gain access to sustainable and continuous drinking water supplies from individual …
Project, 05 August 2013
Cover for G04437.pdf
The Apple Park and Wheat Park, Tajikistan. Case study guidance on biocultural heritage territories
… to revitalise biocultural heritage for resilient food systems and sustainable mountain development, guided by indigenous holistic … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 November 2019
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… and African stakeholders to address emerging critical issues such as sustainable investments, illegal logging and rural livelihoods. Our goal … partners will contribute to improving forest governance, by promoting sustainable and pro-poor Chinese trade and investment in Africa's … forests in the four African countries – focusing on forestry, mining, agriculture and infrastructure. We are analysing relevant laws and …
Project, 22 September 2014
If a tree falls - a short film from the Mozambican forests
… floods) and widespread poverty, forests are increasingly converted to agriculture or used – often unsustainably – to generate income from the … incentives for these affected people to do things differently. More sustainable and profitable ways of producing wood energy and …
Article, 11 March 2011
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Sustainable Cities: Meeting needs, reducing resource use and recycling, re-use and reclamation
… non-conventional options for garbage collection and recycling; urban agriculture; and Curitiba's environmental programme. Papers also on … Sustainable Cities: Meeting needs, reducing resource use and recycling, …
Publication, 01 January 1992