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The new OpenLandContracts.org database contains the details of publicly available investment contracts from around the world (Image: Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment (CCSI))
Opening up land contracts
… use are kept hidden from public view, leaving communities in the dark about decisions that can so profoundly affect them. A new online … seeking to change this by making contracts for land deals available.  IIED has previously scrutinised the land deals between states and … deals. For example, they can scrutinise whether public promises made about jobs and revenues are reflected in the contracts. Ultimately, it …
Insight, 20 October 2015
Marisa Carmargo presents approaches to equity in forest governance: Lessons for safeguard development at an event at COP20 in Lima (Photo: Donal Yeang via Flickr)
Why the private sector must be included in efforts to curb deforestation
… deforestation in supply chains. I presented at a panel co-hosted by IIED and The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC) on 'Approaches to … chain. As part of this research, I travelled to Ghana to learn more about how this could work for the cocoa value chain there.  Ghana's … through its entire value chain? Shouldn't we start talking about these emissions as well? As we shift towards more sustainable …
Insight, 05 December 2014
Coral reefs provide us with goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars but are in decline. Copyright: 2004 Richard Ling
How to protect our oceans: use more carrots
… PES and other incentives into the policy mix is a smarter way to go about the task of ecosystem preservation — 'carrots' can deliver. But … Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation edited by IIED researcher Essam Yassin Mohammed. IIED will launch the book at our … office on 28 November. Contact: essam.mohammed@iied.org Find out more about how to design effective PES schemes or read more about IIED’s new …
Insight, 01 November 2013
An excerpt from the Challenging the constitutionality of adverse laws: Success stories from Indonesia webinar
Striking down adverse investment laws: success stories from Indonesia
Insight, 25 March 2014
A road in Kibera informal settlement
Climate activism and cities: a shared agenda
Insight, 07 February 2020
Illustration of people standing on a globe
FishNet: Inspiring action for sustainable fisheries
… policymakers, academics, fishers and consumers. Followers learned about research and events related to sustainable fisheries, and shared … around the world. FishNet was first launched at one of the first of IIED's Fish Night meetings , which brought together people from … shared to encourage a shift from the widespread negative impressions about global fisheries, and promote a positive narrative based on …
Project, 11 August 2014
We have in the past few years made progress on the theories and understanding of social learning approaches. But more research and real-life case studies are needed (Photo: Z Sewunet (ILRI)
Paving the way for social learning in the climate change context
Insight, 24 March 2014
Women fishing in shallow water
CBA15: Local solutions inspiring global action
Event, 14 June 2021
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Independent Expert Group (IEG) , IIED and the ESRC's STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday, 13 … SDGs' 15-year timeframe gives the LDCs time to think more laterally about how they will shape their development pathways. The fact is that … time horizons. Finance and planning departments are often thinking about the immediate annual budget or working to, at most, a five-year …
Article, 03 June 2016
A riverbank settlement in Indonesia illustrates the vulnerability of residents to both flooding and pollution (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire/IIED)
Comparing approaches to riverbank vulnerability in Indonesia
Insight, 08 January 2016