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People fish in the water alongside a sailing boat.
IIED at the WIOMSA Scientific Symposium 2025
… to exchange knowledge and shape action on critical marine and coastal issues. Held every three years, the symposium provides a unique platform … with global priorities to conserve and sustainably use the ocean. Key events …
Event, 28 September 2025
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Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
… goals of development over the last 20 years. Smallholder farming is a key source of livelihoods in low-income countries, especially for women. … opportunities and capacities of smallholders in an environmentally sustainable way is critical for achieving multiple Sustainable … has the potential to give small-scale farmers access to higher-value markets and better prices than traditional – often informal – markets …
Project, 16 August 2022
A timber market in Yaoundé
New director for IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group
… on business engagement. This involved engaging with business on the Sustainable Development Goals, developing programmes promoting inclusive … to working with her as we strengthen our engagement on sustainable markets in the coming years." Kelly added: "I'm very excited to be … and NGOs, working on a wide range of sustainable development issues. She worked at the international NGO Action Aid, where she led on …
News, 11 October 2018
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Recognising women’s land rights in Togo: a glimmer of hope
… loans to develop their farming activities. Analysing strategies for sustainable family farming The Togo-based NGO Autopromotion rural pour … Zones (ZAAPs) was being implemented across the country. A key objective of the ZAAPs is to promote sustainable family farming by … land-based investment governance practices. It revealed, among other issues, a lack of dialogue between the various groups involved in land …
Insight, 12 June 2025
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World leaders urged to back innovative nature financing at One Forest Summit in Gabon
… Indigenous Peoples’ organisations, and civil society to tackle issues of environmental and climate protection alongside labour market … involved need to ensure Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as key custodians of nature, are contributing to the design of, and … supported to develop and lead credit and certificate projects, and be key players in market governance by certification and managing exchanges …
News, 01 March 2023
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Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues
… particularly oil and gas. The report "Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues" by Halina Ward provides a conceptual, legal and practical … Sustainable markets … Resource nationalism and sustainable development: a primer and key issues …
Publication, 01 May 2009
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Partnerships and collaboration for a more responsible minerals sector
… on the conditions of workers in these supply chains. IIED's work on sustainable mineral markets targets government and private sector policymaking to ensure a … and the ways in which it could support their work. Some of the key conclusions that emerged include: • The need to build knowledge of … Sustainable markets …
Article, 04 May 2021
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A play on Wordle: using games to communicate climate issues
… game has introduced a wider audience to climate and environment issues. It has received international media coverage and been played and … 150,000 people, including eminent climate scientists and some of our key donors. Based on ' #Wordle ', the trending guessing-game, @IIED 's … people's minds and get a wider audience thinking about such critical issues in a different way. If a word game that is taking the world by …
Insight, 15 March 2022
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
News, 16 November 2010
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Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia
… dialogues  A well-run and transparent multi-stakeholder process with sustainable development objectives at its core is key to build the necessary mutual understanding, improved relationships … organisations, among others, to set the agenda on two key issues for ASM in Colombia: commerce and trade, and environmental …
Project, 25 April 2023