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A handful of seedlings
Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
… and investors as they start to look at delivering positive social and environmental impacts alongside financial returns.  The series is part … Mike Barry, who will look at how to be a sustainable business leader. Based on discussions with more than 100 business people, Barry will set … looking at environment and development challenges and the business community. …
News, 18 November 2019
Man next to a pile of dried crops of maize.
New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action
Insight, 02 November 2021
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Changing Ownership and Management of State Forest Plantations in India
… working with state Forestry Departments under the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme to protect and manage forest lands, including … production from these forests and linkages between FPCs and forest-based industries should also be explored. The current policy and legal … that local communities' interests are not compromised and adequate environmental standards are maintained. It is hoped that through these …
Publication, 01 August 2003
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… that the index can generate structured data to support evidence-based decision-making across ocean sectors and scales. Featuring IIED's … conservation and equity and how they are recognised by different community actors.  Case studies were conducted with Quechua peoples in … Fund: big challenges for Small Island Developing States , Global Environmental Change (December 2024) This article extends existing …
Article, 23 September 2020
A man crouches by a pipe as water erupts from it through his cupped hands on to his field, with a wind turbine in the background.
How do European policies impact developing countries? We want to hear from you
… is still little understood, especially for countries that have based their development trajectory on the production and export of goods … and banks, countries and citizens can affect, influence and impact environmental and socio-economic development in their countries. To … fuel sourcing to current and planned trade agreements; or from waste management to air pollution. Survey respondents can also put forward …
Insight, 11 March 2022
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Decentralized wastewater management in peri-urban areas in low-income countries
Publication, 01 April 2003
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Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty
Insight, 25 April 2013
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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
… firm, operates three projects within the ancestral lands of one community, the Colla de Pai-Ote.  Between 2007 and 2013,  … water. In response to complaints filed by the community, a Chilean environmental agency declared in 2016 that Kinross was responsible for … In its environmental impact assessment for Phase 7, Kinross argued – based on government maps of recognised Colla territory, and despite …
Article, 17 November 2020
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Unpicking the socioecological drivers and impacts of agricultural expansion in Ethiopia
… extension services and capacity building. This policy brief is based on fieldwork findings from reconnaissance surveys in Ethiopia … The surveys involved a rapid assessment of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agriculture across seven communities in … Natural resource management …
Publication, 19 November 2021
Woman waters field with a hose.
The Green Climate Fund: time to shift focus to locally led adaptation
Insight, 17 August 2020