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Biocultural products of the Potato Park in Peru, an example of the goods and services that can be produced by indigenous peoples to provide income and enhance incentives to sustain biocultural heritage (Photo: ANDES)
Consultation: designing a new biocultural heritage indication
… seeks to protect biological and cultural diversity. That is why IIED, the University of Leeds and Asociacion ANDES (Peru) are developing … in the consultation document and email it to: krystyna.swiderska@iied.org. Alternatively, you can fill in the electronic survey . Responses … Biocultural Heritage Initiative. For more information, see  www.bioculturalheritage.org and www.andes.org.pe . …
Insight, 20 August 2015
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
… sector we should be able to introduce a tourism levy." [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJYX9yxHAA] In Nepal, it is again local … of positive natural capital investment.  Paul Steele  ( paul.steele@iied.org ) is chief economist at IIED. …
Insight, 17 July 2017
Bangladeshi fishers with debts must repay loans even when fishing is banned, resulting in illegal fishing activities (Photo: John Pavelka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Idris bhai, your voice has been heard!
… at least some of his prayers. Essam Yassin Mohammed ( eymohammed@iied.org ) is senior researcher in environmental economics in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 24 March 2015
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Working for a just & sustainable world
… and Development Working for a just & sustainable world Welcome to IIED, a UK-based international policy research institute and non- … and equitable global development. You can visit our website at: www.iied.org Sign up to receive regular updates on IIED research, events, and …
Publication, 01 August 2006
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'
… of local actors in delivering adaptation promises of the Paris deal, IIED's Saleemul Huq has called for an overhaul on the business-as-usual … showing them what can be achieved, and how it’s done.” [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOK04AI-Nr8] Shakya also emphasised how bringing … Days on IIED's Slideshare site Teresa Corcoran (teresa.corcoran@iied.org) is communications content officer in IIED's Communications Group . …
News, 13 November 2016
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… The latest in IIED’s biennial Barbara Ward Lecture  was scheduled for June 2020, with … themselves; most winning favourable courtroom rulings. [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuQ6xtm7kq8] “Currently, Kumvana is also … my culture (or around me) often faced," says Nipunika. [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQjPjwGYGtE] Priyanthi Fernando highlights …
Article, 15 June 2020
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In touch: resources, book and website reviews, RCPLA network pages (PLA 59)
… articles are peer-reviewed by an international editorial board. See: www.planotes.org Article in: PLA 59. Guest editors: Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside and Giacomo Rambaldi. Published by IIED and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation …
Publication, 01 June 2009
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Improving governance of forest tenure: a practical guide
… for further inspiration. This technical guide has been prepared by IIED, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the … on the Guidelines and FAO’s activities on governance of tenure visit: www.fao.org/nr/tenure …
Publication, 01 September 2013
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bskc2ZtYvC0] This included her advocacy for one … life not only now, but also for future generations. The birth of IIED The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) … She replied: "It is our duty to hope." More on Barbara Ward: www.iied.org/BarbaraWard David Satterthwaite (David.Satterthwaite@iied.org) is a …
Insight, 27 May 2014
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
Les ministres de l'eau de la CEDEAO conviennent de construire des barrages plus équitables
… l 'Institut international pour l'environnement et le développement (IIED) .  Ressources associées  Reportage Africable sur le Comité … Water Initiative – Afrique de l'Ouest), email :  lucile.robinson@iied.org . Notes aux rédacteurs  La 4e session du Comité ministériel de suivi … sur la Global Water Initiative (GWI) en Afrique de l'Ouest :  www.gwiwestafrica.org   …
News, 16 December 2015