Law news

Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights

15 October 2020 Coinciding with the International Day of Rural Women on 15 October, IIED launches a new series of blogs exploring core principles that can help to strengthen women’s land rights in the global South

International treaties threaten affordability of climate action: new report

4 October 2020 A new IIED report shows how key international legal measures could risk an increase in the cost of shifting to green energy and tackling climate change

What’s needed to halt threats to rural land rights in Cameroon

9 September 2020 A new briefing explores the gap between statuary and customary land tenure systems in Cameroon, and suggests ways to advance land reform so that the rights of all are protected

New online database of investment contracts hailed as a "game changer"

6 October 2015 IIED principal researcher Lorenzo Cotula will celebrate the launch of the first searchable online repository of investment contracts at an event at Columbia University on Wednesday

How to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development

22 November 2013 As foreign investments in agriculture and extractive industries increase pressures on land and natural resources, governments and civil society can harness the law to promote sustainable development.

Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru demand indigenous approach to conservation

1 October 2009

Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru urges policymakers to establish indigenous bio-cultural territories as areas for conserving agricultural biodiversity