International Institute for Environment and Development

IIED is an independent, non-profit organisation that exists to promote sustainable development through research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. Founded in 1971, and based in London, IIED has earned a world-wide reputation in the development field and was the first organisation to win the Blue Planet Prize (1992) for outstanding contributions to environmental policy and action.

The Institute conducts collaborative research and project work on natural resource management, urban development, markets and trade, environmental economics, planning and assessment, and governance issues. This work is undertaken through various groups and programmes: Biodiversity and Livelihoods; Drylands; Environmental Economics; Forestry and Land Use; Human Settlements; Strategies, Planning and Assessment; Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods; Sustainable Markets. Specialist collections of information concerning participatory approaches to development, country environmental profiles and sustainable development strategies, EIA and community wildlife management are held in IIED’s Resource Centre.

While working mainly in the poorer countries of the South, IIED also works on northern agendas which have an impact on global environment and development problems.

 

IIED’s mission is to make the management of the world’s natural resources more efficient and equitable; tackle poverty and environmental damage in the world’s urban areas; make markets responsible for their social and environmental impacts; and put in place the local, national and international framework of policies and plans to make this happen.

Contacts: 

Barry Dalal-Clayton, Steve Bass, Krystyna Swiderska
IIED
3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H ODD
Tel: +44-171-388-2117
Fax: +44-171-388-2826
Internet:  www.iied.org
E-mail: 
Barry.Dalal-Clayton@iied.org, 
Steve.Bass@iied.org, 
Krystyna.Swiderska@iied.org