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Hand holding wheat in a field.
A just transition in agriculture: putting workers at the centre
Insight, 05 June 2025
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Reforming investor-state dispute settlement: what about third-party rights?
… possible ways forward. This publication has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. … Reforming investor-state dispute settlement: what about third-party rights? …
Publication, 01 February 2019
An example of crops grown through no-till farming in Western Australia (Photo: Bill Crabtree)
Spreading the word about the no-till agricultural revolution
… in other regions, such as the states of Victoria and South Australia. IIED hosted the initiator and one of the key figures of the Australian … known as "No-Till Bill", on 28 March to share lessons on how it came about. Most farmers plough their land before they sow their crops. This … most enthusiastically, no-tillage farming is being carried out on about 70 per cent of the total cultivated area. In the United States and …
Insight, 31 March 2014
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Building sustainable housing futures for all: filling the knowledge gap on building materials in informal settlements
Publication, 12 July 2024
Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.
Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation
… when voices are routinely excluded. That governance is, at its core, about who decides, who is heard, and who benefits. This is the reality … Governance in Area-based Conservation (SEGA) project .  SEGA is an IIED-led initiative that supports stakeholders and rightsholders in … equity in biodiversity conservation. What we mean when we talk about equitable governance In conservation circles, ‘governance’ is a …
Insight, 10 September 2025
Putul Rani and her family are members of a hilsa fish conservation group in Bangladesh that aims to help protect fish stocks (Photo: WorldFish, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED webinar: Gender and biodiversity conservation – progress and future directions
… Gender equality is fundamental to achieving IIED's mission. But it is not just a prerequisite to the issues we work … between and among women and men.  This webinar, part of the work of IIED's internal Gender Equality Champions Network , discussed historical … in conservation (rhetoric and genuine change)? What has brought this about/constrained progress? What difference is this making in terms of …
Event, 01 November 2018
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Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… When Nigel Cross joined IIED in 1999 as its executive director, he brought a special approach … International UK . He had asked for the start of his role at IIED to be shifted from June to the end of the summer so he could think … in Endsleigh Street.  He made good use of his summer, and then set about creating a more structured organisation with systems to ensure …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Community member in Indonesia casting a net over water from a boat, to catch fish.
UN Food Systems Summit: reasons for hope but more work to do
… approach We know food systems need to change. They are not just about food production; they are complex and messy. Published ahead of … land-based food systems and value chains. This is slowly changing. An IIED paper , with a focus on the UK, argues that seafood has clear … broader food system, and should play a more prominent role in debates about food systems transformation. …
Insight, 07 August 2025
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IIED submission to the online consultation on the Netherlands Draft Model BIT
… This is the submission IIED made to the online public consultation on the Draft Model Bilateral … the Netherlands. The submission raises issues and makes suggestions about the substantive provisions of the Model and its dispute settlement … IIED submission to the online consultation on the Netherlands Draft …
Publication, 01 June 2018
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IIED Annual Report 2008/09: A sense of direction
… and Development was already on the look-out. For a research body like IIED, mapping the future is essentially another form of research. Even … years since US sociologist Alvin Toffler wrote Future Shock — a book about ‘too much change in too short a period of time’. In a world where … for a future against often staggering odds. Both views have shaped IIED, and both remind us that humanity is nothing if not resilient and …
Publication, 01 November 2009