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IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)

'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania

IIED's second country dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) took place in Geita, Tanzania, in November 2017. The four-day event brought together around 90 participants, including miners, government officials and representatives from large mining companies and civil society organisations

19 January 2017ProjectSustainable markets
A mask-wearing man stands behind a food stall

A framework for a transformative urban recovery

COVID-19 has created a critical juncture in the evolution of cities, but there has been limited focus on its urban dimensions in the global South. Drawing on the experiences of grassroots organisations, international agencies and other key urban stakeholders, IIED has co-created a framework that provides a unifying urban vision to inform and resource a transformative urban recovery process
5 May 2021ProjectPoverty, Urban

A new agenda for consumption

In this study of sustainable consumption, IIED addressed consumption issues among poorer communities, countries and regions, and create political space for opinions, values, demands and solutions from these constituencies
2 October 2008ProjectSustainable markets
Fishermen hauling in a net

Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean

As the interest in accounting for ocean economies grows, we need to ensure vulnerable small-scale fishers and communities do not continue to be left behind
5 August 2019ProjectFisheries, Natural resource management, Water
A man fishing

Achieving 'no net loss' for biodiversity and people

IIED supported a project in Uganda that explored ways in which ‘offset’ activities can result in no net loss of biodiversity while ensuring that local people are no worse off too
18 May 2020ProjectBiodiversity
Men sitting on railway tracks with roosters. Sucat Railway Community, Manila, Philippines.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all countries.

30 April 2008ProjectGovernance, Policy and planning, Poverty
Participants study a map in Bangladesh. Photo: Isabelle Lemaire

Action Research on Community Adaptation in Bangladesh

This long-term action-research project is learning from and providing support to vulnerable communities in Bangladesh as they adapt to climate change. The project aims to use rigorous research to identify proven adaptation strategies that can be scaled up and replicated in many locations.

17 December 2012ProjectClimate change
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)

Addressing risks facing informal workers

IIED and partners are assessing the occupational, environmental and public health risks faced by workers in the informal economy. This project will also explore responses to these risks with workers in India and Zimbabwe, while also helping to build their resilience to climate change

1 October 2018ProjectClimate change, Urban
An orangutan swinging between trees

Addressing the interplay between agribusiness investments and ape conservation

Recent years have witnessed a new wave of large-scale acquisitions for agribusiness investments in Africa and Asia. Countries that house a large proportion of the world's biodiversity and ape habitats and populations have lost areas of high biodiversity land to commercial agriculture. Despite much effort at local, national and global levels, evidence on the exact scale, location and coverage of agribusiness investments remains patchy and often unreliable
10 October 2014ProjectBiodiversity, Land acquisitions and rights, Law

Addressing the needs of urban children and adolescents

Not enough is known about practical and effective ways of addressing children's interests within urban development. Their concerns are rarely taken into account in most planning decisions, community development projects or housing and neighbourhood upgrading schemes

5 January 2009ProjectPoverty, Urban

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