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A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… about increasing agricultural productivity without harmful social and environmental impacts. It recognises that there are many agricultural … to produce more food for growing populations against achieving environmental and social sustainability, through, for instance, reducing … food and earning cash for immediate needs) and longer term social and environmental objectives, such as maintaining or improving land quality …
Article, 17 February 2020
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Biodiversity at IIED
… 1990s the main focus came from IIED’s ground-breaking programme on environmental economics – a new discipline at the time. Building on this earlier work, … adaptation. This booklet provides a snapshot of our active projects as well as indicating the major themes where we are developing …
Publication, 01 September 2010
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Markets for environmental services case studies
… world increasingly rely on market-based policy instruments (MBIs) for environmental management, such as pollution taxes, water user fees or … protection services and improved livelihoods IIED's environmental economics and forestry and land use programmes worked together on this … Commission. This resulted in a series of publications , including theme papers on privatising sustainable forestry, certification, …
Project, 08 May 2008
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IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… 2nd Wildlife Forum on the margins of the CBD COP14. Under the central theme 'Sustainable Use for Conservation and Livelihoods’', the forum … by individuals, private or public institutions, enterprises, or projects that link the conservation of biodiversity to human livelihood, … other biodiversity-related conventions, and have a direct positive environmental and community-level impact. The Darwin Initiative was …
Event, 17 November 2018
A market stall. According to recent studies, 75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species (Photo: Hivos)
Cooking for our future
… a global food system that prioritises profit over social, health and environmental concerns. The results are staggering: poor health, loss of biological and cultural diversity, socio-economic exclusion, environmental degradation, climate change. It’s not true our food system … Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the theme ‘Good Food for People and the Planet – working together towards …
Insight, 20 February 2019
Two women talking to each other at a crowded event.
Strengthening local voices in the governance of food systems and the environment
… conservation policies and practice for food and livelihood security, environmental sustainability and justice, and Strengthening local voices …
Project, 01 September 2011
Biomass energy: optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services
… discussed. Project objectives This proposal targeted ESPA's forest theme, where the expected outcome is "enhanced contribution of forest … livelihoods and sustainable growth processes in the context of environmental and climate change". The overarching objective of this …
Project, 21 January 2011
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… to celebrate outstanding women in development. This underlying theme and spirit of the IIED lecture series shows our support for all … nominated by Paul Steele . "Kristalina Georgieva inspires me as the environmental economist with the most power to drive positive change in … Aid via Flickr , CC BY-SA 2.0 ) "She did her PhD on environmental economics policy of the United States at the Karl Marx Higher Institute …
Article, 15 June 2020
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Impacts of Certification on Community Forest Enterprises: A case study of the Lomerio community Forest Management Project, Bolivia
… and yet there has been little assessment of its economic, social and environmental impacts. This report presents an impact analysis of forest …
Publication, 01 January 1998