New and improved biocultural heritage website

Visit our website to keep up to date with our latest research and tools, as well as news and blogs on supporting biocultural heritage. This includes information about the concept of biocultural heritage as well as practical tools and guidance.

Learning from 20 years of Payments for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) programme has become something of an icon in the world of PES. In this paper we explore how the governance of the PES programme has evolved over time, how the context in which it sits has changed, and how it prepares to face future challenges.

Other recent publications:

Direct economic incentives for sustainable fisheries management: the case of Hilsa conservation in Bangladesh

Foreign investment, law and sustainable development: A handbook on agriculture and extractive industries

Urban poverty in Vietnam – a view from complementary assessments

Urban Climate Resilience: A review of the methodologies adopted under the ACCCRN initiative in Indian cities

Read more studies supported through the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN):

• Heat stress and adaptive capacity of low-income outdoor workers and their families in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam

• When non-climate urban policies contribute to building urban resilience to climate change: lessons learned from Indonesian cities

• Community consultation for long-term climate-resilient housing in Vietnamese cities: a comparative case study between Hue and Da Nang

• Cost–benefit analysis of mangrove restoration in Thi Nai Lagoon, Quy Nhon City, Vietnam

Books

Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation
Edited by Dr Essam Mohammed

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional ‘ecosystem services’, from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the world, these resources are fast-diminishing.  This book shows how economic instruments can be used to incentivize the conservation of marine and coastal resources.

Ungovernable spaces? Rebuilding a resilient pastoral economy in Northern Mali

Much has been made of the ‘ungoverned spaces’ of the Sahara, impossible for government to police. While it is true that parts of the Sahara are difficult to patrol and manage, it is not all uninhabitable or uninhabited: some areas are home to pastoral nomads.

Shaping a global goal on energy access that leaves no one behind

Stronger forest and farm producers’ groups can help deepen Myanmar democracy

REDD+ and rights: extending carbon rights in the DRC to climate-regulating services

We are currently advertising for the following positions on the IIED website:

Communications Officer, Independent Research Forum (IRF)

This is a full time position for 1 year (with the possibility of extension). The salary for this role is £33,654 - £37,055 (up to £41,812 for exceptional candidates) depending on experience.  Closing date for application is 12noon on Monday 16 December. 
 

Researcher, Human Settlements

The salary for this role is Grade 4 £33,654 - £37,055 per annum (up to £41,812 for exceptional candidates), plus benefits Closing date for application Wednesday 8 January 2014, 10am (London time).