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Biocultural innovations: a holistic approach
… for shifts in agriculture policy. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 December 2013
Sewage and water runs down the centre of a makeshift 'drain' surrounded by sandbags and wood
Do urban populations benefit from urban bias?
… This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … potential biases to consider.  Surely those who wrote approvingly about urban bias must have seen the very poor living conditions and …
Insight, 01 September 2021
IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq announces the Kathmandu Declaration to delegates at CBA8 in Nepal in April 2014 (Photo: Stephanie Andrei)
Kathmandu Declaration: recommendations for financing communities most vulnerable to climate change
News, 14 May 2014
A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.
Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India
… flourishing garment industry.  Women working from home account for about 14% of urban employment in India . In low- and middle-income … more than contracted workers.  This case study is part of work by IIED and partners exploring responses to occupational, environmental and … as ‘workers’ . Read more of this case study in a presentation on IIED’s SlideShare channel This case study was produced by Siddharth …
Article, 07 June 2022
Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
… we will achieve a historic deal in the next five to 10 years. This is about sharing 50 per cent of the planet with 100 per cent of the world … Equity must be at the core. Essam Yassin Mohammed (eymohammed@iied.org) is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . The photo used is by IISD/Francis …
Insight, 11 April 2016
2010/11 annual report: online extra
… Knowledge equals power! Learning together IIED has long recognised the transformative power of shared learning and … Through it, I am working to build a new consensus in Central America about how governments can best support smallholders. Part of that …
Page, 19 October 2011
COP19: Cities on the agenda at the climate talks
Insight, 22 November 2013
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Human Rights Standards for Conservation: an analysis of responsiblities, rights and redress for just conservation
… hoped that this work will inject fresh energy into the ongoing debate about how best to tackle conservation injustice. …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Paris, January 2015: More than one million people march against terrorism (Photo: Olivier Ortelpa, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Rushing into a new year
Insight, 13 January 2015
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… investment. To ensure that communities make informed decisions about whether to share their lands with an investor, they need to … secure land rights in Africa , Lorenzo Cotula, Paul Mathieu (2008), IIED Report Public interest litigation as an empowerment tool: the case … Trust and diamond mining in Zimbabwe , Mutuso Dhliwayo (2013), IIED Report …
Insight, 07 March 2016