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Blog

Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective

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Project

Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

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Blog

Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?

A data collector speaks to a householder.

Case study

Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.

Blog

Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia

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Project

Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC)

Legal tools for citizen empowerment

How IIED is improving the use of legal tools to strengthen local rights in natural resource investments More in this collection

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Article

Introduction to legal tools for citizen empowerment

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Project

ALIGN: Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

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Project

Rethinking investment treaties and dispute settlement in the light of sustainable development

Latest publications

Submission on Third-Party Funding Initial Draft

EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: An Appraisal of its Sustainable Development Section

EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: an appraisal of its sustainable development section

Labour rights in Special Economic Zones: between unilateralism and transnational law diffusion

Réformes foncières en Guinée : défis et perspectives pour la reconnaissance des droits légitimes

Land reforms in Guinea: challenges and prospects for the recognition of legitimate rights

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Woman selling vegetables

Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective

Blog, May 2021

Close-up of a hand holding a broken raw cocoa fruit

Cocoa producer agency and the living income differential: lessons from civil society organisations

Webinar, May 2021

Screenshot of map

Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

Project, May 2021

International investment treaties: changing the narrative

Annual review video, Mar 2021

The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.

Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia

Blog, Dec 2020

Three people walking and carrying bags on their backs.

Producer agency in certification schemes: challenges and opportunities

Webinar, Dec 2020

A data collector speaks to a householder.

Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

Case study, Dec 2020

Men and women sitting in chairs.

What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania

Blog, Dec 2020

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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile

Case study, Nov 2020

Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.

Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?

Blog, Oct 2020

Woman tilling soil with a hoe.

Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights

News, Oct 2020

A cooling tower of a power station is framed against the sky

International treaties threaten affordability of climate action: new report

News, Oct 2020