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Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor
Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?
… (SULi) hosted a webinar as part of its Learning and Action Platform for Communities Against Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) initiative (LeAP) . … But they may be equally motivated by a desire to protect their land and resources. Some rangers are targeted for selection based on … of community rangers operate in different contexts. But when asked what makes a successful initiative, the answer was the same: success …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Five women, wearing masks, sit at desks in front of computers and mobile phones
A helpline that is a lifeline for migrants
Insight, 01 June 2022
A sunset in rural Mali: a new day is dawning towards securing the land rights of rural communities (Photo: Kurt Paterson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land
… Foncier Agricole" (LFA), was passed by parliament three months ago. What benefits will this law bring? MD: The LFA will take us five … new law underlines the need to secure 'vital space' (espace vital) for rural communities. This includes common spaces in and around the … and giving titles to village lands – the details for how this works will be in the decrees which are still to be drafted and agreed. …
Article, 10 August 2017
The Forest and Farm Facility is now working with Ecuador forest farm producers such as this bamboo production business
Forest and Farm Facility Phase II
… 1.5 billion smallholders around the world depend on forest landscapes for their food and livelihoods. Collectively the gross annual value of … through 51 policy changes (including long-stalled handovers of forest land rights), and attracted 158 new financial investments in the 262 … access to social and cultural services through FFPOs (SDG3 and 10). What is IIED doing? IIED will be supporting FFF Phase II through …
Project, 24 March 2019
A small-scale farmer in Tanzania
Protecting women’s livelihoods through gender-equitable land governance in sub-Saharan Africa
… inclusive land governance that takes gender dimensions into account. What has IIED done? IIED's research has highlighted the continuing lack … community-level land-related decision-making processes, in barriers for women to activate accountability mechanisms and in the lack of women … collaborated with IED Afrique to promote women’s participation in the works of land commissions. The approaches built on existing governance …
Project, 09 October 2014
There is often very little data available about people living in informal settlements such as these along the riverfront in Ahmedabad in India (Photo: Emmanuel Dyan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Is urban development too complicated for us?
… economic, environmental, demographic and political) context and in what development initiatives are possible (technically, politically, … no data on who lives there and on the deficiencies in provision for water, sanitation, health care, schools, emergency services and much … to provide the needed data and help develop the solutions that works best for them? Especially if there are already community …
Insight, 17 May 2018
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… farmers’ decision making: managing trade-offs and synergies for sustainable intensification) examined how farmers in sub-Saharan … research group , talks about why the research was important and what they found out. Q: What SITAM is all about? BA: First of all, I … the crops that are different, but probably also market access, the land tenure system and the cultural context. We worked with two partners …
Article, 17 February 2020
In Tanzania, former artisanal mining licensees Mwanahamisi Mzalendo and Mwanamkasi Rasi are among entreprenurial women who have pooled their resources to create a quarrying business. They control the day-to-day running of the quarry, including supervising labourers, dealing with the local authorities, and taking care of the site's environmental footprint (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
Q&A: Women are driving the change we need
… of the Special Initiatives Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. In this interview, she describes a shifting policy landscape … employment, or that women are less likely to have access to land, credit and education – has gained real traction within … where we're going and a compass for how to get there. But translating what's being called for in these international policy areas into …
Article, 08 March 2018
A woman carries firewood in the rainforest
CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests
… status within the next two decades, and national strategies aiming for economic growth focus on the exploitation of natural resources … economic progress in line with their own development visions. What did IIED do? This project worked directly with a range of key … help build the foundations for a more inclusive and equal forest and land use sector in the Congo Basin. The project was designed to …
Project, 04 August 2016
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… ambitious new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets for countries around the world to achieve by 2030, inspired by the ethos … "leave no one behind".  The post-2015 development agenda will define what governments aim to achieve in a world in which more than a billion … draft of the SDGs includes targets on ownership and control of land and natural resources, a critical foundation for reducing poverty …
Insight, 24 March 2015