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Mali
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Land, investment and migration: a portrait of village life in Mali
In the last 35 years Dlonguebougou, a rural community in the drylands of central Mali, has experienced significant social, economic and environmental change.
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Book summary: Land, investment and migration: thirty-five years of village life in Mali
A new book by Camilla Toulmin shows how villagers in Central Mali have experienced and responded to a wide range of challenges over the last 35 years
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Climate change, conflict, migration, and land grabs: 35 years of village life in Mali
Camilla Toulmin’s book spanning the last 35 years explores the many forces and pressures facing people and their families in Dlonguébougou, Mali
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La nouvelle loi minière du Mali : une amélioration, mais pas pour les artisans miniers
Mali’s long-awaited mining reforms are here. A mix of progressive and outdated measures, the code must pass parliamentary review before entering into law. We assess the significance of three aspects of the legislation
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Devolved climate finance approach forges new ways of working between citizens and state
Devolved climate finance programmes incorporate local knowledge and community priorities into decisions about how climate finance is planned and budgeted. At CBA12, practitioners will discuss the different components of these programmes, exploring the environment when they are most effective and why, and sharing experiences from several contexts
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Long-term change in the Malian Sahel: portrait of Dlonguebougou village
IIED has documented social and environmental change in the village of Dlonguebougou in central Mali. The research has examined transformations to land use, people, and livelihoods in this dryland region over 35 years
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Q&A: How a new law in Mali is securing villagers' rights to land
A recently passed agricultural land law gives rural communities in Mali new rights to their traditional lands. Camilla Toulmin finds out more from an expert
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Notes from the field – Dlonguebougou, Mali
Returning to the village in Mali she first studied 35 years ago, senior fellow Camilla Toulmin finds three changes remarkable
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How devolved climate finance can deliver climate resilience at local level
IIED and partners are highlighting the potential of devolved climate finance to deliver climate funding that is equitable and responsive to the needs of local people. The organisations say that local climate adaptation planning offers significant benefits, particularly for people in poor and marginalised areas, and have released an animation that explains how decentralised climate funds operate, and the benefits they offer, that will be screened at a side event on devolved climate finance at COP22
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Rainfall, grazing, families and land in Dlonguebougou
As part of research recording 35 years of change in one village in Mali, IIED senior fellow Camilla Toulmin highlights five key observations from a recent field visit
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Does climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel?
The Sahel is often recognised as a hotspot of violent conflict. As climate change becomes a leading global political issue, an emerging and increasingly powerful policy narrative presents global warming as a major driver. But how valid is this argument?
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Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Approaches developed in Mali, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania offer insights for building resilience in areas facing risks of climate change, disasters and conflict
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Monitoring and evaluation in a local context
Assessing how climate change adaptation and development investments can strengthen local people's resilience to climate extremes
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Drylands: volatile, vibrant and under-valued?
Since 2006, we have done significant innovative work with partners to dispel the misconception that drylands are unproductive, generating evidence on returns from drylands to contribute to positive policy by fighting policymakers' misconceptions that drylands are economically inefficient and environmentally destructive
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Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
In the fifth of our interviews with representatives from the Least Developed Country Group, Malian forest and water engineer Bayo Mounkoro talks about the climate change challenges faced by Mali
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Getting to the root of gender equal land governance
A workshop in Senegal revealed that issues over equal access to land for men and women may not be as simple as they at first seem
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For smallholders and dams, one size doesn't fit all
Photos taken for the Global Water Initiative in West Africa in villages around the Sélingué dam in Mali show that when it comes to the irrigation schemes surrounding large dams, there is no 'standard' example of a family farmer
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Local climate adaptation: bridging the funding gap
Communities often know how to adapt to changes in the climate and extreme weather events but they lack access and control over the funds which could help them put these solutions into practice
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Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal
IIED is part of a community of practice in Mali and Senegal supporting local government to access and disburse climate finance, investing in priorities chosen with communities for adapting to climate change. Including local knowledge and experience in government planning is vital to the success of the investments.
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Least developed country leaders say "follow us" to tackle climate change
The unsung heroes of the UN climate summit were the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), says Achala Abeysinghe
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Eight insights from 30 years of visits to a village in Mali
Over the past three decades IIED director Camilla Toulmin has visited Dlonguebougou, a village in drought-prone central Mali, every two to three years. She charts the changes she has seen
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Large scale irrigated rice farming: the state must take farmers' perspectives into account
New report by the Global Water Initiative stresses importance of considering views of farmers in agricultural policies
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Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
How and under what conditions can decentralised governance, capacity building and participation by farmers promote food systems that adapt to changing conditions and climates and maintain agricultural biodiversity?
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Mali election: A Presidential run off
A second round of elections will now have to be held following a “calm” first vote. Challenges to be overcome include poor voter turnout in the north and heavy rains.
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Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
We can only survive without drinking water for a few days – it’s crucial for our survival. Water is also crucial for supporting people’s ways of life, from raising livestock, to managing fisheries and irrigating crops. In many parts of semi-arid West Africa water is in short supply and the pressures on existing water resources are set to increase. IIED aims to help bring about fairer and more sustainable water governance that ensures poor and vulnerable communities don’t miss out
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Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
People in Bamako, Mali support different politicians — but share remarkably similar political priorities.
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Mali – A pathway out of crisis
Tomorrow in Brussels a meeting will be held of governments and multilateral organisations to discuss with the Malian government and civil society groups how best to help the country overcome its cu
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Behind the headlines in Mali
As French and Malian combat soldiers fight al-Qaeda-linked groups in Mali, the director of IIED reflects on her experiences of life in a village near Diabaly, close to the conflict.
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Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
The big events and non-events from this last year that could have long-term repercussions on the sustainable development of our planet, from IIED's Director.
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Mali: Uncertainty as all sides wonder, 'What Next?'
Nearly a week has passed since a group of mid-level officers led by Captain Sanogo carried out a coup d'etat in Mali's capital, Bamako.
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Five ways to bring benefits from large dams to local communities
A study into how large dams in West Africa have affected local people has identified ways to share the benefits of future dams more equitably and create development opportunities for communities.
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Deliberative democracy: citizens' juries
Citizens' juries are processes that aim to link local voices and visions with national and international policymaking.
