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Q: When is a forest not a forest? A: When no-one knows
… of faith." This post has been republished from Mike Shanahan's blog Under the Banyan …
Insight, 02 November 2011
Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower? 
Insight, 31 October 2016
A trolley load and shelves of cinnamon dry inside a special drying facility
Vietnamese forest and farm producers work towards more resilient livelihoods and landscapes
… to improve the quality of cinnamon and began planting herbal trees under the cinnamon to diversify production options. During that process, …
Insight, 27 May 2019
Cover for G01855.pdf
PLA Notes 37 February 2000 Editorial
… or `PLA' in a generic sense. Thus, we view it is an umbrella term under which the vast array of participatory approaches now Welcome to …
Publication, 01 February 2000
Cover for G00362.pdf
Changing Ownership and Management of State Forest Plantations: New Zealand - draft
… issues are discussed, with an emphasis on comparing the outcomes under the NZFS with outcomes in the privatised plantations: economic …
Publication, 01 September 2003
Dr John Ingram speaking on food security at IIED (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
IIED 'Critical Theme' seminar: Climate change and food security
Event, 12 February 2015
Populations of bees, butterflies and other pollinators are declining, posing potential risks to important world food crops (Photo: Brian McGill)
The economics of mass extinction
Insight, 29 May 2018
Artisanal fishermen in the Philippines. In a nation made up of 7,100 islands, small-scale fishing provides livelihoods to hundreds of thousands of people. (Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Revealing the value of small-scale fishing to national economies
Article, 23 May 2018
Sustainable tourism
… (CAMPFIRE) is a longstanding initiative where communities using land under communal tenure have been granted authority to market the wildlife …
Article, 21 June 2011
EU and US flags
Europe's controversial TTIP treaty: The good, the bad and the unnecessary
… According to UNCTAD so far only nine known claims (some pass 'under the radar' completely) have been brought under bilateral treaties concluded between the US and a EU member state. …
Insight, 10 July 2014