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Stella Gama of Malawi at a desk speaks into a microphone as she briefs the Technology Executive Committee
Supporting least developed countries on climate technology transfer
… to local conditions and integrate them with indigenous technologies. Under the Paris Agreement, nations laid out a long-term vision to fully …
Insight, 04 April 2018
The Bailique community, mainly artisanal fishermen and forest users near the Amazon River, have established the first community protocol in Brazil (Photo: Roberta Ramos)
Brazil's first community protocol: the Bailique experience
… country's first community protocol. This innovative tool, prioritised under the Nagoya Protocol for the protection of biodiversity and … the Amazon River encounters the sea, and is classed as 'traditional' under Brazilian law. The 10,000 or so inhabitants, spread between 51 …
Insight, 25 August 2015
A farmer’s market, Fort Portal, Uganda
Announcing our new strategy: Make Change Happen
Insight, 08 April 2019
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Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty
… becomes increasingly intelligible to planners." Perceptions matter. Under Kenya's new constitution, the central government is devolving … local government to pass by-laws over land, forests, and rangelands under their legal jurisdiction. The maps could also be used as the basis …
Insight, 25 April 2013
Woman washing dishes with a jerrycan.
To address food insecurity in Uganda post COVID-19 the government must act now
… the lockdown imposed to contain the spread has put livelihoods under immense strain, leaving many people without enough food to eat. …
Insight, 24 September 2020
A rock covered in barnacles
An indivisible whole: negotiating the fate of the ocean
… eye to eye. Slicing and dicing the ocean is absurd Here’s a fact. Under the Law of the Sea treaty , while the seabed is recognised as the …
Insight, 05 September 2019
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Farmers' markets in Tamil Nadu: increasing options for rural producers, improving access for urban consumers
… food security for low-income urban groups. Similar initiatives are under way in a number of Indian states and in other countries in the …
Publication, 01 March 2002
Rains in Dlonguebougou begin with huge duststorm, big wind, howling, dust then darkness. Then heavy rain (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)
Eight insights from 30 years of visits to a village in Mali
… farmland due to the extension of an irrigated sugar-cane plantation under Chinese management 40 kilometres away. Now a new wave of farmers … to fulfil a number of wants. There's a lot of competitive consumption under way, especially among the young, who proudly show off their …
Insight, 18 July 2014
Saleemul Huq called COP not fit-for-purpose during his opening speech on the second day of D&C Days (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local voice must take pride of place: D&C calls for 'inside-out COP'
… climate talks in Marrakech will set out how adaptation commitments under the landmark Paris deal are delivered. According to senior fellow …
News, 13 November 2016
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An Activist Approach to Biodiversity Planning: A handbook of participatory tools used to prepare India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
… a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Planning (NBSAP) process under the requirements of the Convention on Biological Diversity - with …
Publication, 01 January 2005