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Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… scaling up The Senegal project team is part of a national platform of civil society organisations. This makes it easier to share lessons with others … beginning to realise that they need to go beyond the country's weak environmental and land law requirements if they want to sell on to …
Insight, 19 June 2017
Cover for G02752.pdf
Responsible contracting in the Russian oil and gas industry (in Russian/Русский)
… oil and gas projects in Russia as an important factor influencing the environmental and social impacts.The report aims to provide information … of oil and gas activities. As such it also offers guidance for civil society organisations and government agencies that seek to monitor the … Governance …
Publication, 01 March 2010
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs
Article, 15 May 2018
Ships lay stranded in a dry reservoir in China.
China: can the ‘factory of the world’ clean up its act?
… generated in the production of goods for export, for example. China’s environmental record to date, and its future, were discussed in a … are designed to promote “widespread participation [by consumers and civil society] in environmental governance.” “In the global economy, there is …
Insight, 27 June 2012
A member of the Sekonyer community gets ready for a day on the Sekonyer river in Borneo, close to the site of recent conflict between a palm oil company and RSPO member and the local community (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Creative Commons)
Paving a path towards redressing grievances and holding investors accountable
… institutions, such as the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Environmental and Social Performance Standards , which define IFC … part 3 Download audio part 3 So what has been the experience so far? Civil society organisations: important partners Local communities are …
Insight, 07 January 2015
Natural capital accounting can help monitor progress against Sustainable Development Goals indicators (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Making the link between the SDGs and natural capital accounting
… tool to monitor progress against SDG indicators, with the System for Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) providing a structure that … Rather, it is a highly political process involving business and civil society too, meaning that NCA must also look beyond government by …
Insight, 03 January 2018
The flag of the United Nations raised above the headquarters of the Habitat III Conference, held in Quito in Ecuador (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)
Sustainable cities: the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency
… and knowledge sharing. Dense populations reduce the economic and environmental cost of providing most infrastructure and services. A collective urban identity can also mobilise businesses and civil society to support a city's environmental agenda, adding dynamism and …
Insight, 05 May 2017
Ancestral miners rush to find gold and platinum ore at a mine wall opened by medium-scale mining (Photo: Ronald de Hommel)
Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… a wealth of local and global expertise from the World Bank, the UN, civil society, government foreign affairs and so on).  The International … who may then be able to tackle some of the ongoing social and environmental problems. But above all, artisanal and small-scale mining …
Insight, 12 November 2014
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… how they think the industry has fared. As governments, businesses and civil society organisations prepare to gather in Rio to chart the future of … metals within their national borders. Mining has long been linked to environmental and social harm, especially for poor communities in …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Chinese and African delegates visit a nursery and learn about a reforestation project in Pemba, Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Sustainable investment in African forest resources highlighted at China-Africa event
… countries, Chinese officials, private sector businesses, and civil society organisations. Participants came from 10 countries: the … representatives from the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Global Environmental Institute, IIED, WWF as well as other international …
News, 20 November 2017