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Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… change through business models that put the holistic nature of sustainable forest farm management at the foundation. MCMA is currently … lesson from the week was that, while business information (about markets, legal requirements, technology, social acceptance) was … ) is a principal researcher in IIED's  Natural Resources Group , working on forest use and policies. …
Insight, 25 November 2014
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… forest-farm enterprises delivers local public goods (such as sustainable food, energy, water and construction materials) alongside … Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( [email protected] ). …
Insight, 24 March 2014
‘Land grabs’ in Africa: is there an alternative?
… and reliance on intermediaries to help farmers reach global markets. Decisions taken now will impact the livelihoods and food … help make the renewed interest in agriculture work for broad-based sustainable development.   …
Insight, 08 March 2011
An image of a river splitting the hills of the Chinchiná River Basin in Colombia, one of eight countries in which IIED worked with the World Bank on natural capital accounting (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Accounting for the value of natural resources
Article, 20 May 2016
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… and Dilys Roe, both Senior Researcher with IIED’s Natural Resources Group  are taking part in the workshop organised by Conservation … livelihoods and poverty alleviation, and the various factors (such as markets and governance, rights and tenure, and policies) that impact … Dilys Roe , an IIED Senior Researcher in the Natural Resources Group and leader of the Biodiversity team is running the workshop in …
Event, 16 August 2012
An IIED workshop that aims to explore the latest thinking on REDD+ gets under way (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Coverage of Moving ahead with REDD+: Prospects and challenges workshop
… event also focused on IIED's forthcoming work on REDD+ and how the Sustainable Development Goals can complement REDD+, and saw the launch … project level , by Charles Meshak, of Tanzania Forest Conservation Group IIED's future work in REDD+ ,  by  Isilda Nhantumbo  (IIED) … How and from where will finance beyond readiness be sourced? Can markets alone be liable to compensate or purchase carbon credits likely …
Event, 09 April 2014
Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
Insight, 23 January 2017
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… project ever. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)  easily beats the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in terms of money … small enterprises that individually remain off the radar to date. A a group of Chinese enterprises that together account for much of the … beneficial sustainable land use. It is equally important that Chinese markets are pushed and pulled towards commitments to sustainability and …
Insight, 19 June 2019
A local farmer uses manual callipers to measure a tree. Measuring trees in person can be cheaper and just as accurate (Photo: Geoff Wells)
The Paris Agreement, SDGs and simple local monitoring
… The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the stage for the next … are key to achieving climate change adaption, mitigation and sustainable development objectives. Additionally, there is a renewed … of Edinburgh and a consultant working with IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 07 January 2016
Participants from 26 countries attended the Forest Connect workshop (Photo: Hop Thinh)
Locally controlled forestry enterprises could teach us all a thing or two
… are local producers who have a greater democratic interest in the sustainable management of local natural resources, meeting local demand … a better price, improve their product and link up with higher value markets. In Ethiopia coffee producers managed to increase prices … ( [email protected] ) is a researcher with IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 04 February 2015