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Associations of small & medium forestry enterprises India Outline
… Forest cover: 67.8 million ha. (20.64%) Most forest land at present under state control SMFE enterprises SME sector vital for the economy No …
Publication, 01 January 1970
A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
New international development goals: score or miss?
… people living on less than $1.25 will be zero; preventable infant and under-five deaths will have ended; and everyone will have access to …
Insight, 05 June 2013
Lilongwe's residents call it the "Garden City" because of its many green spaces (Photo: Gome Jenda )
Seeds of change: Lilongwe City Council recognises the value of urban nature
… experiences of how the city's precious parks and nature reserves were under threat from development.  The city council published its …
Article, 21 March 2016
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
… and scientists. * Indonesia has some six million hectares of land under oil palm and the Government is actively encouraging further … and exceed their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions set under the Kyoto Protocol. Starting now with deep annual cuts, …
News, 19 November 2007
Peru's Quelccaya ice cap is the largest glaciated area in the tropics; glaciers play a significant role in Lima's water provision (Photo: Wikipedia via Creative Commons)
Recognising the risks – what do people in Lima think about climate change?
Insight, 22 December 2014
A small fishing boat off the Albanian coast (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Three things I learnt from a small-scale fisherman in Albania
Insight, 23 January 2018
Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)
How can we finance sustainable energy for all?
… is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? Under what circumstances can it be made to work? These are some of the …
Insight, 15 December 2014
A woman farmer
Women pay heavier price for big dams
… women had to spend hours collecting water from lorry tankers. Work is under way to put in pumped water, which will ease the burden.  Women say …
Insight, 08 March 2016
NGOs: friend or foe to markets for the poor?
… resources to support such businesses to take over local markets — under the motto of supporting poor farmers or small-scale producers.” …
Insight, 06 April 2011
Pre-emptive controlled burning in Belize is preventing severe uncontrolled wild fires during the driest months (Photo: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment)
Flaming parrots and palmetto palms
… constitute property equal in legitimacy to any other form of property under Belizean law. Promoting locally-controlled forestry The government …
Insight, 08 February 2016