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African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
… Key to the success of the project will be the unique combination of traditional means of survival, such as using elephants to cut through … poor countries. James MacGregor said: "With the right recipe of local knowledge, international experience and government backing, ecotourism …
News, 04 January 2006
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… aims to address food security for the local and national population. Traditional cereal farming on rain-fed land is the main source of … with a view to fostering long-term behavioural change, and Improve knowledge and methods of natural-resource management, and establish …
Project, 16 February 2018
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… (land that was already occupied by Brazilian Indigenous and traditional peoples), the company ignited hostilities that led to the … the farmers inhabiting forest frontiers are outsiders lacking local knowledge (even if they are learning fast), and has depended heavily on … make a profit using an approach that integrates scientific and local knowledge, local and national, and public and private sector groups. …
Insight, 13 June 2012
A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
… organisations working in the field of PES so they can learn from the knowledge we have gained through our hands-on action research approach … Yet across the world, these resources are fast-diminishing. Traditional approaches to halt the decline of fisheries and other marine …
Project, 03 October 2008
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… returns. What do we know about the role of the private sector here? Knowledge and capacity-building to build 'energy literacy' among local …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Global forest plan could boost fight against poverty and climate change
… primary stakeholders such as forest dwellers so that their rights, knowledge and needs are centre-stage. It should greatly improve flows of …
News, 09 July 2008
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Can beans and dice change lives? The potential of serious, fun games
… Public Affairs Coordinator at CDKN: The Climate and Development Knowledge Network …
Insight, 19 November 2013
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… engagement with governments and parliaments. We also work to promote knowledge and experience sharing at regional and global levels. For an …
Article, 23 December 2020
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… change, saying: "But when it comes to youth, there is a gap in knowledge: people who were born 15 years ago think these phenomena are … the internet, social media. Use technology to your advantage. Share knowledge & connect with each other. This is your opportunity,this is … locally-caught fish. Increasingly erratic weather is making the traditional way of processing fish by drying it outside unviable: …
Article, 04 April 2019