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Annual Report 2011
Annual Report 2010/11
… Shaping decisions for development: IIED annual report 2010/11 The 2010/11 Annual Report … governance work: our efforts across all areas to secure transparent, sustainable, equitable and effective decision making at many levels. … up Big business from small growers IIED in depth Locally led urban development: an experiment in change African youth in participatory …
Page, 17 October 2011
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… the times We need effective solutions: biodiversity underpins all the Sustainable Development Goals . To find them, all actors must keep up with a fast-moving world. Trends in migration, climate change, urbanisation, population growth, investment, technology and labour all …
Insight, 28 June 2018
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… topics in four broad themes: business models for sustainability, urbanisation that improves lives, transforming economic systems for people and planet, and shaping sustainable development goals (see list of speakers and other information ). An IIED …
News, 20 June 2012
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… the same time, we're also trying to respond to a gap in international development and bring funding closer to the community level – while also … Lodry Dongmo, African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development, Cameroon In the Marketplace: climate-proofing … middle people: we need to connect with rural level to bring really sustainable solutions.”  Language is also a barrier. For climate …
Article, 14 June 2021
A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… on the vagaries of nature, is emerging as the sector through which development can potentially be rapid and inclusive. However, the country … farmers in eight villages – four in each commune – how they defined ‘sustainable intensification’. Based on their criteria, we developed a … indicators.  Our aim was to try to show where on a pathway to sustainable intensification of agricultural each household was. Some …
Article, 26 April 2020
Barbara Ward in the audience
IIED's founder: Barbara Ward
… foreign editor. In 1950, Ward married Robert Jackson, an Australian development expert working with the United Nations. They had one son. … with organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America to promote sustainable development. Wide friendships and far-reaching influence … people who were born 100 years previously. Early champion of sustainable development Environmental campaigners know Ward for her book …
Article, 20 August 2014
The meat from a duiker is prepared for a meal, close to the Dia Faunal Reserve, Cameroon (Photo: Stephanie Brittain)
Why eat wild meat?
… Canada, on 25-29 November 2019 as background to the agenda item on sustainable wildlife management. Trial the design support tool Are you a … is available in multiple languages and supports practitioners to find sustainable alternatives to wild meat that work for rural people. If so, …
Project, 19 September 2018
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… in the term 'family farming'. This includes carefully assessing what development trajectories different types of family farms can and want to … we understand the strategic role of family farmers in achieving sustainable development. We are partners in the Forest and Farm Facility … smallholder producer organisations to ensure the development of sustainable forest landscapes. Through our project on Smallholder …
Article, 22 April 2014
Exercises helped the Food Change Lab group trust one another
Food, sisterhood and dreams
… session of the Food Change Lab held in Bolivia by the Hivos and IIED Sustainable Diets for All programme . The participants formed a … vital part of the food cycle, from production to consumption. The Sustainable Diets for All programme in Bolivia is a joint effort between …
Insight, 16 October 2018
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
… Understanding and Supporting the Role of Local Organizations in Sustainable Development David Satterthwaite and Gabriela Sauter, August 2008 All … and Tammy Stenner, August 2008 The Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES) is an indigenous NGO established in 1995 …
Article, 01 April 2010