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Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
Insight, 24 February 2020
Men stand by trays of cocoa beans drying in the sun in western Ghana.
The knowns and unknowns of the global land rush
… industry developments and the growing commercialisation of local agriculture, acquiring even a small land area can significantly disrupt …
Insight, 24 October 2012
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Designing an effective biocultural heritage indication labelling system. Consultation document
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 August 2015
Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)
Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
… It's bad for the economy : Given the importance of agriculture to many African economies, limiting women's access to land … Across the continent 65% of the active labour force is engaged in agriculture, yet food imports are rising. It is increasingly recognised that more sustainable and more productive land use is dependent upon more secure …
Insight, 12 December 2014
A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
… Philippine Development Plan (PDP), as well as reporting against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2010, Result Matrices were … of the PDP, such as Enhancing Social Fabric, or Foundations for Sustainable Development. Each Results Matrix sets out baselines, targets … outputs of relevant sectoral agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture for the strategic priority on food security. This ensures …
Article, 30 October 2019
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represented a new approach to … The members of the LDC IEG had expertise in different aspects of sustainable development, including community development, environmental … international scientist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Center for International Forestry Research …
Article, 03 August 2015
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… panellists : H.E. Mr. Tae Pyong JANG Former Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries of Republic, Korea Mr. Michael MACK … Find out more about the issues covered in this session: Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge Community Biocultural Protocols: …
Event, 16 August 2012
A fruit bat
Development organisations beware! Biodiversity loss is not just an environmental issue
… The 2030 international development agenda – anchored around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – will reach its mid-point and …
Insight, 29 April 2019
An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
… the forest sector in Kenya and reviewing coherence between forest and agriculture policies in DRC. A wealth of local experience As the global … to manage their forests sustainably, and Incentivised conservation agriculture.  REDD+ activities need to be strategically designed based …
Insight, 17 December 2015
David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… solicitor and Legal Tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources Les conventions locales, …
Insight, 01 December 2016