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Four elephants roam the plain on the Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Covering elephant tracks: can insurance compensate farmers for wildlife damage?

Seaweed farmers in Indonesia (Photo: Hiswaty Hafid/USAid, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Focusing the blue economy future on small-scale fisheries

An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)

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Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking

Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

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Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?

Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)

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Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement

Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

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Human–wildlife conflict and insurance. Can insurance reduce the costs of living with wildlife?

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Bima dhidi ya madhara yanayotokana na uhalifu wa ndovu nchini Kenya na Sri Lanka

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Fair fishing: supporting inclusive fiscal reform in fisheries

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No hidden catch - Mainstreaming values of small-scale fisheries in national accounts

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Subsidy reform and distributive justice in fisheries

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Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka

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Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Business as usual – or business with purpose?

Blog, Apr 2019

Four elephants roam the plain on the Maasai Mara, Kenya

Covering elephant tracks: can insurance compensate farmers for wildlife damage?

Blog, Mar 2019

Fishing boats in Viet Nam

Out of sight, out of mind? Why the high seas matter to vulnerable coastal communities

Article, Mar 2019

Seaweed farmers in Indonesia (Photo: Hiswaty Hafid/USAid, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Focusing the blue economy future on small-scale fisheries

Blog, Feb 2019

Small-scale fishers in Vietnam depend heavily on coastal resources ((Photo: Hội An, Vietnam by Thijs Degenkamp on Unsplash)

Webinar: So far yet so close – why the high seas matter to vulnerable coastal communities

Webinar, Feb 2019

Young fishers tend their nets in West Bengal, India (Photo: Sugato Das, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

IIED to host second Twitter chat on oceans

News, Jan 2019

An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)

Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking

Blog, Jan 2019

Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?

Blog, Dec 2018

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?

Blog, Dec 2018

An image from the fiscal tools animation, that was screened at the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi (Image: IIED/Nice and Serious)

IIED animation: using fiscal policy tools to create a sustainable future for ocean and people

News, Nov 2018

House under construction. In Harare, construction and infrastructure works were carried out by the community, while city authorities and Dialogue on Shelter provided technical support and some machinery. (Photo: Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Delivering climate finance at the local level: the Gungano Urban Poor Fund

Case study, Nov 2018

O Fundo Luzia Dorothy do Espírito Santo ajuda mulheres a aumentar sua independência econômica (Foto: Fundo Dema)The Luzia Dorothy do Espirto Santo Fund helps women increase their economic independence (Photo: Dema Fund)

Delivering climate finance at the local level: the Dema Fund

Case study, Nov 2018