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Women walking along Sélingué dam in Mali, June 2014 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS encourages states to learn from returns on investment of large dams in West Africa
… April 2014, ECOWAS member states approved a draft directive for the development of large-scale water infrastructure in the region, which … Governments and donors hope that these will boost environmentally sustainable energy production, improve national food security and … the economic impact of large dams. Our guidelines recommend this approach, supporting good infrastructure planning across the region.” …
News, 25 March 2015
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Environment Institute); Angela Enriquez (WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities), and Sarah Colenbrander (chair, and global programme … IUCN Speakers: Including Nathalie Seddon, IIED Climate resilient agriculture for smallholder farming in Least Developed Countries Side … together with Hivos, has set the example of a multi-stakeholder approach for decentralised renewable energy in Sumba, which has become …
Event, 06 November 2017
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Why eat wild meat? Preliminary findings from a literature review on key drivers of wild meat as a food choice
… food choice", produced by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The report supports the work of the Convention on … the submissions on the consideration of the voluntary guidance for a sustainable wild meat sector and make them available through the … collaboration with other members of the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management, subject to the availability of …
Publication, 15 November 2019
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International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools (FFS): Emerging Issues and Challenges, 21-25 October 2002
… Michel P. Pimbert, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 3 Endsleigh Street, London, WC 1H 0DD, UK. E-mail: … 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
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… sub-Saharan Africa have 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
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… "We hope the stories in this report demonstrate the value of our approach – and the very real differences that IIED and its partners are … impact in each of our four focus areas. As part of our work to  shape sustainable markets , we undertook research with our partners on finance … four countries, as well as growing interest from the international development community.  IIED's urban research stream seeks to  foster …
Page, 27 October 2017
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… Organisers from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) , Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , the International Institute for … the right political support'." Dominique Charron, director of IDRC's agriculture and environment program, said: "Since 2006, IDRC has …
News, 26 November 2015
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… Day , I was invited to reflect on the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water and sanitation at a … for many economic processes, such as hydroelectricity, fisheries and agriculture. The manufacturing and service industries rely on water, and … on how it will be used, is a major breakthrough compared to the usual approach to water resource management – which like most environmental …
Insight, 05 April 2016
Smallholders threshing rice in irrigated agricultural perimeter of Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo/GWI West Africa)
GWI West Africa: project background
… enabling farmers to better access, manage and use water resources for sustainable agricultural production. GWI is funded by the Howard G. … governance and policymaking at all levels in support of water for agriculture, and Enhance the quality of knowledge and make accessible … Control in the Sahel) and international levels. Our multi-stakeholder approach seeks to empower smallholder farmers to put them at the centre …
Project, 01 November 2014
Staying south – trade, aid, and the recession
… role of middle income countries such as Brazil, India, and China as development actors and opportunity bringers to the poorest nations? Not … long since abandoned by the likes of the World Bank, bring the sustainable development benefits that LDC governments hope for - a huge … China says no to interference; many other donors have had a mixed approach. Is conditionality a positive thing for the likes of improving …
Insight, 30 March 2010