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A glacial lake near the Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Receding glaciers threaten Bhutan's ecosystem with flash floods, landslides and water security problems (Photo: PNUD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: A crucial year for our planet, says Prime Minister of Bhutan
… that we are committed to maintain at least 60 per cent of land under forest cover and to ensure that our economy is clean, green and … requires that by law we must maintain at least 60 per cent of land under forest cover. Today, it is more than 70.5 per cent and it is … So we are committed to not just maintaining as much of our country under forest cover.  As far as our economy is concerned we are committed …
Article, 24 November 2015
UNFCCC negotiations session, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo Janna Tenzing/IIED)
Facilitating better representation of LDCs in the UNFCCC process
… Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …
Project, 28 March 2018
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Linking Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: A Discussion Paper on Good and Best Practice in the Case of Great Ape Conservation
… how to ensure conservation actions do not exacerbate poverty and under what circumstances conservation actions could help alleviate …
Publication, 01 March 2013
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Background Paper: Small and intermediate urban centres in sub-Saharan Africa
… these urban centres. The region has thousands of urban centres with under 20,000 inhabitants and probably over 1000 with between 20,000 and …
Publication, 01 March 2016
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The Adaptation Fund: a model for the future?
… a globally urgent – and costly – issue. The Adaptation Fund, created under the Kyoto Protocol, has unique features that could herald a new … structure, for instance, offers a fresh approach to fund management under the UN climate convention. The Fund’s Board has also developed a …
Publication, 01 August 2009
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摇动龙尾巴：正在兴起的 参与式扶贫实践
… poverty reduction, but it is also relevant to understand how and under what conditions participatory approaches become embedded in …
Publication, 01 August 2011
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Gender-equitable land tool development in West Africa
… to improve women’s access to land. This briefing has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 April 2014
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Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
… are affecting land rights on the ground. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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Bringing community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case
… mining and sustainable development. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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Securing land rights in Mali: practical local solutions to thorny national problems
… as important as the tools themselves. This briefing has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 June 2014