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Cover for G02607.pdf
Editorial: Community-based adaptation to climate change (PLA 60)
… development, and climate change science. Communities have a wealth of knowledge about the local environment, and have been adapting to and coping with change for years. Although this knowledge and traditional coping mechanisms may become less effective as climate …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Cover for G03397.pdf
Whose access and whose benefit? Securing customary rights in India (PLA 65)
… and pastoralist communities, natural and genetic resources and traditional knowledge form the basis of existence and are sustained through …
Publication, 01 June 2012
UN food treaty on plant genetic resources must protect farmers’ rights
… farmers’ rights in various ways, such as: • Protecting rights over traditional knowledge to ensure benefit-sharing from commercial use • Ensuring … an equitable share of benefits that arise from the commercial use of traditional crops • Ensuring farmers have a say in national …
News, 14 March 2011
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… discuss burning issues around key themes in the open space Exchange knowledge and share expertise in the skills clinics on topics such as … adaptation technology, and Transforming 'lived experience' and local knowledge into evidence that drives better policies and investments. … change (CBA) focuses on empowering communities to use their own knowledge and decision-making processes to take action on climate …
Event, 11 June 2018
An IIED workshop in September 2016 that focused on conceptualising 'better evidence' (Photo: Celie Manuel/IIED)
Generating better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation
Project, 24 March 2017
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
Event, 01 December 2014
Cover for G03401.pdf
Changing the system from within: participatory plant breeding and ABS in China (PLA 65)
… can benefit from sharing their genetic resources and related traditional knowledge with breeding institutes. This work has strengthened the …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Sheep wander past a former IDP camp in northern Uganda.
Uganda: Breaking the links between the land and the people
… land: farmland, settlement, grazing and hunting. Each was governed by traditional laws within customary tenure. To me, these are the four key … army. Removed from the land, the new generations could not learn the traditional cultural knowledge, practices and skills, especially awareness of the land, how …
Insight, 11 March 2013
Cover for G01099.pdf
Fifth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Statement by IIED, Andes (Peru) and Call of the Earth
… are accelerating the privatisation and commercial use of indigenous knowledge and resources. While a number of UN agencies are developing valuable policy and standards to protect traditional knowledge, each agency is addressing a particular component of …
Publication, 01 May 2006
Cover for 9141IIED.pdf
Participation in Policy-making for Access and Benefit-sharing: Case studies and recommendations
… Biodiversity Convention’s objectives on access to genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and benefit-sharing. While the importance of securing active … to Genetic Resources, and Peru’s draft sui generis regime to protect traditional knowledge. It identifies some common lessons arising from …
Publication, 01 January 2002