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Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… land and water conservation. These practices are environmentally sustainable and economically viable – often more so than many of the … communications content officer,  IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 30 October 2018
Northern Ghana: a village chief learns forestry skills. Rural communities need investment to build up forest and farm enterprises and link them to markets and support networks (Photo: Treeaid, via Creative Commons)
It's time for revolution in forest business
… defend their interests. Yet how else is it possible to incentivise sustainable forest management and poverty reduction in the same breath – … forest management and land use, with secure tenure rights, access to markets and technology, and freedom of association". The old system of … is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . This post first appeared on the Kepa website . Kepa is the …
Insight, 17 November 2014
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 … of family farmers in policy and improve their access to services and markets to increase their income and improve their livelihoods." … or other support platforms and a voice in policy development. "As a group, smallholders and community and Indigenous Peoples forest …
News, 25 November 2013
MMSD – working papers
… are grouped together in the links below, or you can search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are … MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations MMSD – Assurance Group and project information MMSD – draft materials MMSD – main project … and resources development No. 22 The community health dimension of sustainable development in developing countries No. 24a The life cycle …
Article, 04 March 2009
Costa Rica's Peñas Blancas Reservoir is the focus of work involving payments for ecosystem services (Photo: Dr Ina Porras)
Payments for ecosystem services: We can't leave people out of the equation
… Namaalwa and Gorettie Nabanoga tackled this question by using a group-based choice experiment to understand the preferences of local … benefits. Still missing are national PES systems and international markets for ecosystem services that enable rural communities to sell the … their livelihoods. Kate Wilson ( [email protected] )  is IIED's publications and marketing manager. …
Insight, 28 March 2014
The Bairro Proletário do Dique in Rio de Janeiro was settled in the 1960s. The local infrastructure remains poor (Photo: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?
… The 2030 Agenda promises Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are "integrated and … bias results from attempts to exclude poor groups from urban spaces, markets, services and politics. These include rural-urban migrants as … ) is a principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group  and a fellow with the Institute of Development Studies. This blog …
Insight, 02 March 2016
Indonesia: Reshaping the debate on small-scale farmers
… value chains. The experiences of the various international learning group members provided for insightful discussions with the farmers on the challenges they faced in Indonesia in engaging with markets and also with their local governments. The Learning Network … This research will soon be published in the form of series of publications. Three regional reports from Latin America, Africa and Asia …
Insight, 17 February 2012
Costa Rica has adapted its systems of payments for ecosystem services over the past two decades
Payments for ecosystem services: Costa Rica’s recipe
… which favours larger over smaller forest owners. has abandoned group contracts in favour of individual contracts is increasingly … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 29 November 2013
Officials on a climate finance course meet farmers in Bangladesh to learn about the benefits of solar irrigation pumps (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance for those who need it most
… to the poor through their existing planning and budgeting systems   Markets for the poor:  we want to help ensure that private sector players and markets for energy and carbon service the needs of the poor What we are … Neha Rai, Sarah Best (2014), IIED How climate finance can support sustainable development , Nanki Kaur, Tighe Geoghegan (2013), IIED …
Article, 13 May 2016
A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… Plevneliev’s first year in power and the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All . He should seize the opportunity to boost … was written by Emma Wilson, a Senior Researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED, and Teodora Todorova, an independent researcher who wrote …
Insight, 17 January 2012