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Cover for 15518IIED.pdf
Fair and Green? Social impacts of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica
… 1990s was a unique experiment in developing countries at that time. Under the PES programme, economic recognition of forests moved from a …
Publication, 01 December 2010
Cover for G02494.pdf
Overview of drylands development communication initiatives in Africa
… to transform the bulletin into a broader communications programme under Africa-based editorial management and responsibility to provide a …
Publication, 01 March 2009
Somali and Boran pastoralists came together to discuss ways to share water resources at a meeting this month. (Credit: James Pattison)
Kenya: The importance of cross-border dialogue in the drylands
… to facilitate and support the outcomes of these negotiations. Under Kenya's new constitution, the central government is devolving … with IIED on drylands development and climate change adaptation, under a project led by Ced Hesse ([email protected]). The meeting was …
Insight, 19 March 2014
People sitting on outdoor chairs gather around and contribute views as one person writes up their points on paper pinned to the wall
CBD COP14: a breakthrough on understanding and assessing equity in conservation
Insight, 27 November 2018
Animals gather in the shade of a rusting ship near the Aral Sea (Photo: Mark Pitcher)
Are Kazakhstan's plans for a greener future at risk?
Insight, 31 October 2014
Cover for 9281IIED.pdf
Contract Farming in India: Impacts on women and child workers
… Under contract farming arrangements, landowners or tenants have … the whole question of a changing agrarian production structure under contract farming. He suggests that banning child labour is not the …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Cover for G03446.pdf
A Review of TFD’s Initiative on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry
… Under the right conditions, locally controlled forestry (LCF) can be a …
Publication, 01 September 2012
Review of strategic environmental assessment
… environmental assessment briefing papers, guidance and other outputs under the OECD DAC ENVIRONET work programme being undertaken by the DAC …
Project, 28 April 2008
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… Be cognisant of its own limitations in being the best evidence under the circumstances (such as financial, contextual, cultural, … Sometimes evidence needs to be pragmatic if it's the best evidence under the circumstances. Ultimately it's about gathering and …
Article, 14 March 2017
Human Rights, Natural Resource and Investment Law in a Globalised World: Shades of Grey in the Shadow of the Law
… between law and power in a globalised world. IIED worked on this book under its Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 October 2011