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Members of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development Africa leaders' group. From left to right: Kauna Schroder, Marie-May Jeremie, Juliane Zeidler, Samson Mulonga, Dineo D Gaborekwe, Baboloki Autlwetse, Felix Monggae, Chipanqura Chirara.
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development
… Environment-World Conservation Monitoring Centre , the project built capacity for biodiversity mainstreaming, developed tools, … partners and collaborators worked on: Strengthening leadership and building technical capacity Identifying entry points … Are you wanting to raise awareness of the benefits of considering sustainable use of biodiversity with people in working in government …
Project, 11 May 2014
Cover for G04082.pdf
Local development with global finance
… NGOs, local businesses and others — have a critical role in sustainable development. They are best placed to know local concerns and priorities, … Drawing on more than 25 years of work on local finance, IIED is now building international awareness of the benefits of decentralising … Local development with global finance …
Publication, 01 September 2016
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
Event, 02 December 2020
Foggy forest landscape with wooden housing
Scaling up community-led ecosystem-based adaptation in biodiverse forest landscapes in Viet Nam
… regional alliances such as the Asian Farmers Association (AFA) . Building on strong local organisations and ongoing initiatives in Yen … heritage. The project will complement provincial peer-to-peer capacity building around EbA approaches with training to promote innovations in …
Project, 13 February 2023
Fishing boats
Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives
… exceed revenue. When they encourage increases in fishing activity and capacity – known as ‘harmful subsidies’ – they often lead to … overexploitation of natural resources.  Fiscal reforms that support sustainable practices can make a difference to the conservation and sustainable use of fisheries resources. For example, ‘good or positive’ …
Project, 31 July 2019
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… engage with its critics, seek advice and pledge positive action for sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the mining sector's … better placed to deliver. This partly reflects the fact that capacity in companies to deliver sustainable development has increased … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 13 June 2012
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… the next global framework to eradicate poverty and move towards truly sustainable development. While it mentioned dozens of development issues … should deploy a combination of start-up grants, risk guarantees, and capacity building to provide the necessary support to enterprises delivering on … Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet …
Insight, 25 March 2014
Two women sitting down and speaking to each other.
Sustaining coffee producers’ agency in the context of COVID-19
… in Kenya that aims to tackle barriers to an inclusive, fair and sustainable coffee sector. Its main focus is promoting access and agency … partners Vava Angwenyi set up Vava Coffee in 2009 and has provided capacity building and training to more than 30,000 Kenyan coffee producers and …
Insight, 04 August 2020
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… "We need to build capacity." That's one of three stock responses you get to the question … a universal basecoat.  But in this holy trio, are we taking capacity-building issues seriously enough? My sense is that even champions of … , the  Climate Change Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)  and the  Sustainable Energy for All Practitioner Network  are just a few …
Insight, 22 September 2014
The Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile is a zero-discharge operation, with much of its water being recycled (Photo: Pablo Necochea, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mining: Big progress but new challenges as sector searches for sustainability
… — published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). It urges the sector to move from improving its … leading companies joined NGOs in calling for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development initiative to provide a landmark independent … notes that despite the improvements larger companies have made, the capacity needed to make this happen is still lacking, particularly in …
News, 06 June 2012