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The lives of Vasanthi and Gopal have been transformed by the low-cost toilet provided as part of the Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why sanitation, spearhead of urban improvement in the 19th century, has become the laggard of the 21st
… best of all sanitary reformers ". By the early 20th century, piped water and sewer networks had become emblematic of the modern, healthy … The Bombay High Court, for example, rejected a petition to allow water to be provided to an 'illegal slum', noting that " you would not want to move away from that place if you have water and electricity ". This sort of logic is likely to be more …
Insight, 04 March 2015
Cover for 12567IIED.pdf
Alternatives to land acquisitions: Agricultural investment and collaborative business models
… the possible social impacts, including loss of local rights to land, water and other natural resources; threats to local food security; and, …
Publication, 01 November 2010
Wind turbines on the top of a hill
Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
Insight, 21 January 2020
Consultation of local communities affected by the Kandadji dam about long-term leases to secure land tenure (Photo: GWI West Africa)
Des droits fonciers traditionnels aux baux emphytéotiques : une juste compensation ?
… de couvrir les besoins nationaux de sécurité alimentaire. La Global Water Initiative (GWI) en Afrique de l'Ouest travaille avec le … ses droits et ses obligations. Pour en savoir plus :  La Global Water Initiative (GWI) en Afrique de l'Ouest : Niger     … Water … Global Water Initiative – Afrique de l'Ouest …
Insight, 02 June 2015
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… regional and global level. From lush forests to fertile soils, rich water sources to vast grazing lands, India has an abundance of natural … forest species that can be used for compost, fodder, fuelwood, water recharge and herb-based medicines. They grow traditional crops … varieties and maintaining traditional systems of forest, land and water conservation. These practices are environmentally sustainable and …
Article, 30 October 2018
Maurice Strong at the High Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Sergio Greif, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Maurice Strong, pioneering environmental champion
… down or prevent their moves towards development. So the UN Secretary General needed someone who could shift the focus toward the South. He … shifting the Stockholm agenda from the Northern concerns of air and water pollution to what we now regard as the major environmental … Although frail at the end, he met with Jim MacNeill, former Secretary General of the Brundtland Commission, and Klaus Töpfer, former Executive …
Insight, 04 December 2015
Aerial view of an informal settlement and an urban centre in the background
Rethinking household surveys reveals true picture of health inequality
… their physical living conditions, including inadequate access to water and sanitation, poor housing conditions, poor livelihood …
Insight, 18 January 2022
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… construction material, cosmetics, dyes, medicines, soil fertility, water flows etc.) and global public goods (carbon sequestration, … for agriculture, and we will just have to live with that, but in general they tend to be rather good at balancing environmental and …
Insight, 07 September 2016
There is no government-provided water connection in the Shivaji Nagar slum area of Raipur. Under UN definitions, a household has "improved provision" for water even if it only has access to a public tap or standpipe. (Photo: indiawaterportal.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
… (MDGs). In a report  [PDF] published in September, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, said the MDGs "have been the most successful … of people without sustainable access to improved sources of drinking water. The proportion of urban slum dwellers declined significantly." … in poor quality, overcrowded homes that lack safe and sufficient water, sanitation, drainage, health care and emergency services? Why are …
Insight, 03 December 2013
Two fishermen cast their nets from a small boat
New guide to monitoring progress on SDG14
… ecosystems, but international focus on Goal 14 (SDG14) – Life below Water  – has been limited. Now IIED and partners have produced a new …
News, 08 July 2019