News Release: A paper published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development warns that African governments are signing away water rights for decades with insufficient regard for how this will affect millions of local users, including fishing, farming and pastoralist communities. The water rights often feature in the growing number of large land […]
News Release A book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The book show how the linear systems that shape our world are flawed as they assume a […]
News Release: Governments are ignoring a vast store of knowledge — generated over thousands of years — that could protect food supplies and make agriculture more resilient to climate change, says a briefing published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development. It urges negotiators at the UN climate change conference in Durban later […]
News Release: A growing focus on national and international security challenges posed by climate change could detract attention from the root causes of the problem, the needs of the most vulnerable people and the search for appropriate solutions. Corinne Schoch, a researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development explains why in an opinion […]
The International Institute for Environment and Development has just published three short publications on biodiversity. Here are the summaries and links for you to download the book you are interested in. 1. CONSERVATION ENTERPRISE: WHAT WORKS, WHERE AND FOR WHOM? Summary: Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) recognises that local communities are often best placed to conserve natural resources, […]