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Cover for 14537IIED.pdf
Banishing the biopirates: a new approach to protecting traditional knowledge
… as well as a wealth of traditional medicines and techniques for sustainable agriculture and resource use. Yet this knowledge is rapidly …
Publication, 01 December 2006
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
Event, 08 December 2018
Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
… how these initiatives could also deliver climate risk management and sustainable development solutions. Robert Hofstede, associate director …
Event, 12 November 2016
Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania
… CARE, Development Fund of Norway, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Stockholm Environment Institute, Institute for … (Stockholm Environment Institute, and International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada, etc) and universities (University of … first of its kind in Africa — speakers presented on topics including agriculture, economics, drylands, water, disaster risk reduction, …
News, 01 March 2010
Roadside stalls
For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
… but can also create safer and healthier communities. To meet the  Sustainable Development Goals  for ending poverty while providing decent … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 12 August 2019
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New Directions for Integrating Environment and Development in East Africa
… the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to explore opportunities for sustainable development in East Africa. It is based on a survey of … as a foundation to suggest priorities for action towards sustainable development in East Africa. … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 March 2009
Green Economy Coalition gives Rio 2012 text a Grade B
… Twenty years on from the first summit on sustainable development, yesterday the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Bureau released their first negotiating draft … concrete goals and benchmarks of progress. By comparison, cities, agriculture and transport feature too infrequently across the draft. …
Insight, 13 January 2012
First international gathering of forest producer organisations underway
… the conference will seek to support forest producers in improving sustainable management of forest landscapes. The International … the conference along with the FAO, Asia Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFnet) in partnership … an event will also celebrate the 300th birthday of the concept of sustainable forest management, as developed by the German forester …
News, 25 November 2013
Delegates discuss the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund at the Bangladesh workshop. The fund is part of work to enhance the effectiveness of incentive-based fisheries management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Conservation trust fund proposed to help Bangladesh increase fish stocks
… fish, the hilsa. The fund will work by improving incentives for sustainable fisheries management.  Bangladesh's Minister of Fisheries … establishment of the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund in Bangladesh for sustainable development, conservation and management of our national … establishment of the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund in Bangladesh for sustainable development, conservation and management of our national …
News, 11 June 2015
Cover for G02374.pdf
Towards food sovereignty: local organisations at the heart of food sovereignty (Part II: Chapter 4)
… Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 December 2008