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Cover for G04371.pdf
Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 1
… supported the organization of the retreat. The meeting was held under Chatham House Rule and addressed three inter‐related topics: 1) …
Publication, 01 October 2013
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… of international and domestic public resources.   Already under high fiscal pressure, this is a challenging request for ministers …
Insight, 25 July 2017
Cover for G03132.pdf
South-South REDD: a Brazil-Mozambique initiative - third progress report
… Brazil. The central focus of the project is to create the conditions under which Mozambique can embark on a national REDD initiative. Almost …
Publication, 01 June 2011
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… experience Ethiopia is turning to locally controlled forestry under the banner of Participatory Forest Management (PFM). As we headed … new cash incentive in place, 11 new forest cooperatives have emerged under the umbrella of a forest union. They have brought excessive cutting under control, reduced animal grazing in the forest to encourage natural …
Insight, 24 February 2011
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The Urban Poor Development Fund in Cambodia: Supporting local and city-wide development
… Years of destruction under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s and political upheavals in the1980s …
Publication, 01 August 2009
Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
Introduction to locally-controlled forestry
… the strength in numbers to shape key policies. Forest land is coming under intensifying pressure as an increasing global population consumes … it, or simply don't care. More and more forested land is coming under the control of local communities, Indigenous People and family …
Article, 05 August 2013
A group of young people, men and women, walk in line holding protest signs (saying things such as "fight for our future") as part of a march
Stockholm+50: priorities for re-energising global action
Insight, 07 June 2022
The international political economy of the global land rush: A critical appraisal of trends, scale, geography and drivers
… raised by large-scale land acquisitions. IIED worked on this article under its Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 April 2012
Cover for 17067IIED.pdf
Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up
… the core of culture and identity. But this wealth of knowledge is under pressure. Indigenous communities are increasingly vulnerable to …
Publication, 01 June 2009
Vanuatu is one of the Least Developed Countries, and is increasingly affected by climate change. Here local people are constructing a river crossing using rocks and coral after flooding destroyed a bridge (Photo: 350.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing climate change adaptation in LDCs
… financial and technological support to adapt to climate change under Article 4.9 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change … the pledge-based LDCF, and the Adaptation Fund (AF), established under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol respectively, and the Special … Experience also indicates that the service charge that must be paid under the funding mechanism for 'implementation' projects is quite …
Insight, 22 April 2015