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Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… have all been highlighted with a view to informing the debate on land use, particularly with a view to protecting the climate and nature. Of … role in shifting the development paradigm towards economies based on sustainable land uses. The message from various discussions at the …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
Insight, 05 February 2016
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021
A field of bare earth covered with rows of dried stalks.
Climate, health and urban informal economies – stories of need and change
Article, 07 June 2022
Smallholders threshing rice in irrigated agricultural perimeter of Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo/GWI West Africa)
GWI West Africa: project background
… global food security by enabling farmers to better access, manage and use water resources for sustainable agricultural production. GWI is funded by the Howard G. … and future dam-fed irrigation systems. This would ensure that water, land, and economic benefits are shared equitably and conflicts are …
Project, 01 November 2014
San Isidro Ketchi Cuisine and Craft Restaurant (SIKCCR - San Isidro) worked on their business plan (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Community forest-farm business training under way in Belize
… Courts of Justice (CCJ) ruled in April 2015 that Mayan traditional land rights constitute property equal in legitimacy to any other form of … by that ruling now creates an opportunity for the development of sustainable forest and farm businesses run by local communities in the … market research and development, and financial record keeping and planning.  The aim was to create an understanding that businesses …
Insight, 14 September 2016
Flooded sugar cane fields near Colombia's third largest city, Cali, during an intense rainy season.
What does low-carbon resilience look like in Latin America?
Insight, 04 April 2013
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
… to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the  International … vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, which include land degradation (deforestation, soil salinity) and food insecurity.  … levels were not considered sufficient for the EbA initiative to be sustainable over the long term. Read more about these findings in the …
Project, 02 April 2019
A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
… services and promoting social equality, lies at the heart of sustainable development.  IIED's research in sub-Saharan Africa  has … population growth and urbanisation) that affect agriculture and land use change. It also helps stakeholders to better understand the impacts, …
Project, 10 August 2017
Aerial view of informal settlement
Reducing urban poverty – lessons not learnt?
… would to be to reduce the cost of housing and inputs into housing (land, tenure, materials, credit, infrastructure and so on). An example … for each household. This is the level of disaggregation needed for planning poverty reduction. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals call for more disaggregated data – but …
Insight, 10 August 2021