governance

Multimedia Publication: Towards food sovereignty: Reclaiming autonomous food systems

Towards Food Sovereignty is an online book with linked video and audio files. The first 6 chapters, available here, begin to describe the ecological basis of food and agriculture, the social and environmental costs of modern food systems, and the policy reversals needed to democratize food systems. The video and audio clips show farmers, indigenous peoples and consumers all working to promote food sovereignty, it highlights the importance of locally controlled food systems to sustain both people and nature.

Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge

News: Protecting Community Rights over Traditional Knowledge: Key findings, recommendations and case studies, 2005-09 Project Folder: Now available

Peasant Seeds: the foundation of food sovereignty in Africa

A multimedia publication released in Bamako today, 11th December 2008, captures the deep concern among West African farmers about the privatisation of seeds and knowledge.

Forest Governance Learning Group

The Forest Governance Learning Group is an informal alliance of in-country groups and international partners currently active in eight African and three Asian countries. We aim to connect those marginalised from forest governance to those controlling it, and to help both do things better.

South-South REDD: A Brazil-Mozambique Initiative

A workable national strategy for REDD in Mozambique is now critical.

Almost 70% of Mozambique (54.8 million hectares) is covered in forest and other woody vegetation types. Approximately 80% of the total population (20 million) of Mozambique live in rural areas where the incidence of poverty runs at 54%. Dependence on forest resources is high.

Report backs novel approach to improving forest governance

Submitted by Mike on Mon, 17/08/2009 - 08:24

Researchers working in ten countries in Africa and Asia have developed a novel way to improve the flow of social and environmental benefits from tropical forests.

Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market

This programme sets out to map, elicit and integrate knowledge on the dilemmas confronting small-scale producers in global, regional and national markets.

The programme recently got underway with the establishment of a global peer-to-peer learning network, led from Bolivia by IIED international fellow Diego Muñoz. The first of three sets of regional consultations took place in Peru and Nicaragua in August 2009. IIED, together with partners Hivos (Netherlands) and Mainumby (La Paz) organised two round table discussions, in Lima and Managua, with potential partners from Central and South America. Further regional consultations will take place in Asia and Africa later in the year.

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