"In Our World" relates to IIED's world of environment and development. It connects us with what's going on in both the real world and online worlds.
From the Forests
- Arnold Schwarzenegger 'linked to destructive logging companies'
- Conservation incentive programme shows economic, environmental pay-offs in Brazil
- 72 percent of Myanmar's logging exports are illegal
- Four ways companies can ensure wood comes from legal logging
- How much is a forest really worth? And what is the cost of forest degradation?
- Global study busts myths about forests and livelihoods
In the Cities
- Cairo's refuse collectors regain role at centre of society
- China plans to put people at heart of urbanisation
- De-urbanisation: The Karachi crisis
Growth Area
- Watch: Kate Raworth's three minute wonder 'Why growth is not enough'
- Can we have prosperity without growth? Roger Pielke Jr and John de Graaf debate
Food, Fish, Farming
- GM cotton is not killing Indian farmers, nor is it saving them
- EU announces first-ever seafood trade ban against illegal fishing nations
Water
- Mega-dams might not be worth the trouble
- Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra– multimedia story by Navin Singh Khadka
- World's 18 most water-stressed rivers
- "We asked, you answered": Should we build more large dams?
Changing Climate
- Old divisions threaten Green Climate Fund's future
- EU emissions cuts could herald climate turning point
- WMO: Global warming not stopped, will go on for centuries
- New UN climate report is cautious on making predictions
Land and rights
- Indigenous communities blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation
- IUCN: It's now possible to assess countries' true land restoration potential
- Uganda: Environmental conflicts as Acholi return home
- A global atlas of environmental justice
- African women push for equality in land and resource rights
- Gender activism must be taken out of posh hotels and into the mainstream.
Mike Shanahan is IIED's press officer.
In Our World is a blog series. Each week it will publish links to top content about environment and development that we have seen online in the past week. You can subscribe by email here or via the RSS feed using this link.