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Deforestation and fire ravage a forest area in Uganda (Photo: Paul Hatanga)
Random trials in Uganda to show if payments for ecosystems services really work
… food, medicines and other useful products. The forests are also home to many wild species, including a chimpanzee population that will … ineligible. We visited the eligible villages to inform people there about PES, how the forest cover was changing, and different ways to … mapping the forest boundaries of 413 land owners in the 'treatment group'. Village local leaders supported the forest owners to verify that …
Insight, 10 March 2014
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… in product design has further helped the association access new markets for baskets, fish traps, chairs and sunshades.  The power of … a more enabling policy environment for community forest businesses at home, by pointing to progress elsewhere.  A vision for the way forward … 'Forest users to producers: scaling up FFPOs business to implement Sustainable Development Goals in climate resilient landscapes', …
Insight, 05 December 2017
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
… as far as Costa Rica, Uganda, Indonesia and Mexico, to share lessons about how to make payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes fairer … something remains common to them all.  The message that really hit home to me is that while PES schemes are about economics and the … benefits. Still missing are national PES systems and international markets for ecosystem services that enable rural communities to sell the …
Insight, 28 March 2014
Mogadishu attracts people from all over the country, making it the second-fastest growing city in the world, with a 4% annual rate of urbanisation growth (Photo: Baron Reznik, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The challenge of finding money to build shelter in Mogadishu’s informal settlements
… elements needed to support human life. Having a place to come home to, to put your belongings, to gather your family, to cook, … themselves in settlements, neither their homes nor their situation is sustainable.  A durable solution for housing Mogadishu’s vulnerable … are to break out of the poverty cycle. Further reading Read more about Tana’s work with informal settlements in Mogadishu and Somalia: …
Insight, 28 January 2019
Women including mining engineer Judith Akorfa Buaba (centre) employed at the Dakete mine, in Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores Zavala)
Can mining dig rural women out of poverty in Ghana?
… only enough to feed herself, pay her rent and send a small amount home to her siblings. The dream of earning enough to start her own … mean that women need support, including programmes to teach them about business and being entrepreneurial to diversify their incomes. … and small-scale mining communities. He is a member of IIED's advisory group on artisanal and small-scale mining. Resources IIED is supporting …
Insight, 08 March 2016
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… but to get enough to eat. In the city's crowded informal settlements, home to workers from all over the country, public services are not … to urban poor groups. Targeting food assistance Detailed information about urban poor households most in need is not readily available. When … – both in practice and in recognising its value as a reliable and sustainable source of nutritious food during hard times. Over the past …
Insight, 01 July 2020
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… so many people, buildings and enterprises still go uncounted. Home and workplace risks:  For some home and workplace risks, data can … remittances. For each city, these include informal and formal labour markets, land prices and availabilities (especially in informal land … applies for water and sanitation data used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring progress on the SDGs …
Insight, 25 February 2020
Prime Minister David Cameron has helped the UK provide global leadership on addressing climate change. But he has decided to resign after the European Union referendum vote, and there are fears that the UK will become more insular (Photo: Russell Watkins/DFID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten ways the UK can maintain international leadership on climate change
Insight, 01 July 2016
Woman cooks using wood fire
Feeding all city inhabitants
… adults, and underweight and stunted children. Achieving the second Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and all … the absence of childcare facilities, women may be forced to stay at home to look after their sick relatives. But women’s earnings are often … attention on consumption, including the importance of access to markets and nutrition education. This is partly driven by the …
Insight, 27 June 2021
A demonstration of solar PV products by the Energy and Environment Partnership in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region gathers an audience of all ages (Photo: EEP Southern and Eastern Africa, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bringing solar out of the shadows
Insight, 20 February 2017