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Trafficking of wildlife, driven by escalating demand for products such as elephant ivory, is a booming market worth US$19bn a year (Photo: Nonprofit Organizations via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
International push to tackle illegal wildlife trade risks missing potential of sustainable use
… to law enforcement (one of the key pillars of the strategies under international discussion) can inadvertently penalise poor people …
News, 11 February 2014
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaking at the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
Handing over the reins at a strong institution
… a lot smaller then— more a collection of different programmes housed under one roof, but less a single organisation pulling together. Like …
Insight, 01 December 2014
India's urban poor threaten to cripple Mumbai's air and rail links
… area, which is Asia's largest slum, are both due to be redeveloped under plans that threaten the homes and livelihoods of one million slum …
News, 29 May 2007
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… reserve," conserved for future use, with the exception of plots under 20 hectares. The percentage set aside varies from region to … Forest Code,” which removed the Legal Reserve requirement for plots under 400 hectares in the Amazonian biome, meaning that the total …
Insight, 13 June 2012
A view over a large township
Internal and international influences on urban change
… and investors do.   We do not know how and when it will be under control and what human and economic costs are still to come, …
Insight, 27 May 2020
A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Nourishing diversity in our food systems
… Promote and maintain local crop varieties, animal breeds and under-utilised crops by developing markets for them, adjusting extension …
Insight, 10 October 2017
REDD: does governance really matter?
Insight, 16 July 2010
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and is at the forefront of adaptation efforts. This homestead has been designed to offer flood protection (Photo: CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Sharing knowledge to climb the adaptation ladder
… significant step up the learning ladder). National Adaptation Plans Under the Cancun Adaptation Framework , all developing and even …
Insight, 03 July 2015
Do prizes work?
Insight, 13 October 2011
International climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are preparing the text for a global climate deal to be negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A 1.5 degree goal could save us from ourselves
Insight, 10 June 2015