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Ms Holly Ashley, editor at Participatory Learning and Action (PLA), an informal journal published by IIED in the UK, elaborates her thoughts about PGIS practice and on PLA plans to publish a special issue on PGIS. PS In 2006 and 2007 ihe issue was translated in 12 languages and published by IIED and CTA in printed and electronic formats. More information on the issue is found here: www.iapad.org ... PLA PGIS IIED CTA journal "open access" Kenya mapping PPGIS ...

Author: ppgis; Tags: PLA PGIS IIED CTA journal open access Kenya mapping PPGIS

de tierras en países de África, América Latina y el sudeste asiático por parte de empresas transnacionales y Estados importadores de alimentos. El informe fue encargado al Instituto Internacional para el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo (IIED), por la Organización de la ONU para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), y revela que este es un negocio de multinacionales, empresas locales filiales de empresas extranjeras y de ...

Author: Arribalosdeabajo; Tags: Visión 7 Internacional Canal 7 Neocolonialismo Colonialismo Imperialismo Globalización Pobreza hambre tierra Estados Unidos Obama ecología planeta Fao calentamiento global cambio climatico Félix Arnaldo

Entrevista exalumno IIED Tecnologico de Madrid

Author: gheto1493; Tags: Entrevista Pablo Contreras

leemul Huq, scientist at IIED, appeals to the responsibility of the developping countries. We are the problem, but we also are the solution. We have caused climate change, but we can also change the course of things. This was an interview done for the blog of the "Heinrich-Böll-Foundation"'s blog "www.klima-der-gerechtigkeit.de" in Barcelona Nov. 2009

Author: MIClimate; Tags: Climate Change responsibility Copenhagen 2009 Barcelona Heinrich-Böll-Foundation

Saleemul Huq, scientist at IIED, describes major points of disagreement in the climate change negotiations. (Interview done for "www.klima-der-gerechtigkeit.de") Barcelona Nov. 2009

Author: MIClimate; Tags: Climate Change major points of disagreement Copenhagen 2009 Barcelona Heinrich-Böll-Foundation

Saleemul Huq, scientist at IIED, talks about the "Climate Most Vulnerable Forum: people in the developped countries must understand, that courageous decisions are needed. Climate change is not the matter of one single country, but it regards all of earth's inhabitant together. This was an interview done for the blog of the "Heinrich-Böll-Foundation"'s blog "www.klima-der-gerechtigkeit.de"

Author: MIClimate; Tags: Climate Vulnerable Forum Climate Change Copenhagen 2009 Barcelona Heinrich-Böll-Foundation

IIED Director Camilla Toulmin explains that IIED aims to 'locate research within a bigger process of change', working with local partners to feed into processes of policy, legislation and practice.She suggests that research 'by itself' would give less satisfaction than generating the evidence and the insights 'jointly with the people who need to take it forward.' Strategy online at: www.research4development.infoVideo produced for R4D by euforic

Author: R4DTV; Tags: r4d research strategy iied

IIED Director Camilla Toulmin refelcts on the roles that researchers need to play. She argues that they need to 'ask difficult questions, explode some of the myths and assumptions that lie behind a lot of day to day policy and thinking. We need to be critical about the assumptions we make as the assumptions are often wrong.' She concludes by asking: 'Researchers need to be troublesome, researchers need to ask difficult questions ... Is that something that DFID could fund?' DFID ...

Author: R4DTV; Tags: r4d dfid strategy research iied

Camilla Toulmin, Director of IIED explains that for IIED, climate change is the biggest challenge, 2 things in particular:- Examining the direct impact of climate change on peoples' livelihoods; - Unintended consequences of climate change, eg the biofuel boom and issues like payments to avoid deforestation. Strategy online at: www.research4development.infoVideo produced for R4D by euforic ... iied climate_change research

Author: R4DTV; Tags: iied climate_change research

IIED Director Camilla Toulmin reacts to the new strategy.DFID Research Strategy online at: www.research4development.info ... dfid research strategy iied

Author: R4DTV; Tags: dfid research strategy iied