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View of a mountain with a few houses. Snowed mountains in the background.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
Insight, 19 January 2022
The Deramakot Forest Reserve, in Sabah, Malaysia, includes a strict protection area for biodiversity conservation and a reduced-impact logging area (Photo: Angela Sevin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Duncan Poore, a leading light in sustainable forestry
… shaper of the policies and practises that underpin conservation and sustainable forest management across the world . His long and … senior research fellow at IIED, where he established the Forest and Land Use programme, affectionately known as FLU.  A quarter of a century … Remembering Duncan Poore, a leading light in sustainable forestry …
Article, 19 October 2016
People building informal houses on stilts behind rising water.
IIED at WUF11
… The World Urban Forum (WUF) is a global conference on sustainable urbanisation. It was established by the United Nations in … finance that need to be made to ensure meaningful and transformative planning. Exhibition stand IIED can be found at an exhibition stand in … for accessing adequate housing, food, basic and social services, and land tenure rights. Using experiences from these countries, this event …
Event, 26 June 2022
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… of uncertainty about their impact on smallholders' access to markets, land and employment. Low external input, sustainable agricultural practices such as agroecology and organic … Ministry of Agriculture, and local partners such as AENA and Mahlahle use Farmer Field Schools (FFS)  – or Escolas na Machamba de Camponês. …
Insight, 20 May 2015
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Land Registration in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique
… Land Registration in Nampula and Zambezia provinces in Mozambique assesses the process of rural land registration in Mozambique and the outcomes for poor and … under the 1997 land law, can strengthen community rights to use and benefit from their land in relation to outsider interests in … Land Registration in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique …
Publication, 01 December 2005
New paradigm for African agriculture sees sustainable intensification in a new light
… Over recent years, the term “Sustainable Intensification” – producing more outputs with more efficient use of all inputs on a durable basis, while reducing environmental … we need to boost the harvest of food and fibre from any given area of land," says Dr Camilla Toulmin, director of the International Institute …
News, 18 April 2013
Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
Project, 12 September 2013
Study warns of failure to plan for rapid urbanisation in developing nations
… in the benefits of urban life. The next is to plan ahead for their land and housing needs within a constantly updated vision of sustainable land use. "A 'business-as-usual' approach that simply reacts to urban growth …
News, 06 August 2010
The flag of the United Nations raised above the headquarters of the Habitat III Conference, held in Quito in Ecuador (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)
Sustainable cities: the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency
… The 11th Sustainable Development Goal explicitly commits to making cities and … for cities? Cities occupy two to three per cent of the planet's land surface, but as much as 70-75 per cent of natural resources are … would be essential in the event of a hazard, but is not an efficient use of material or money. New York has found there are trade-offs …
Insight, 05 May 2017
A farmers’ house in Bandevouri, South Region, Cameroon. Bandevouri is one of several locations where the Centre for Environment and Development seconded a law graduate to assist rural people in legal matters (Photo: Thierry Berger)
IIED webinar: improving accountability in agribusiness investments
… A recent rise in agribusiness investments has increased pressures on land in many low- and middle-income countries. Rural people are coming … key features of the approaches? How can communities and practitioners use these approaches to enhance accountability?, and What are the … natural resources. IED Afrique is an NGO that focuses on issues of sustainable development and citizenship in Africa, through capacity …
Event, 06 June 2017