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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2024
… Natural resource management …
Publication, 31 March 2025
Land cleared for palm oil in Riau Province, Indonesia. Only half of Riau's palm oil plantations have official permits (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights
… principal researcher in law and sustainable development in IIED's Natural Resources research group, explores whether investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals, … Natural resource management … Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human …
Article, 13 October 2016
Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.
Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation
… “The law says we should be there,” one group of women reflected during a breakout session, “but [those in] the … shared were not abstract but rooted in daily realities.  In one group, someone spoke about village game scouts who patrol vast … to help reshape governance and laws, and address power imbalances in natural resource management. Only by putting equity at the heart of …
Insight, 10 September 2025
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Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment: Strengthening rights and voices in natural resource investment
… work under this programme is described in this project outline. As natural resource investments increase pressures on the world’s land and resources, the effective use of legal tools, by non-governmental … Natural resource management … Tools for Citizen Empowerment: Strengthening rights and voices in natural resource investment …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Group of people wearing green T-shirts pose for a picture.
Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal
… Organisation: Prakriti Resources Centre (PRC) Founded: 2015 Location: Nepal Sector: Climate … Number of employees: 10 Website:    www.prc.org.np The Prakriti Resources Centre team! Click on the photo to expand it (Photo: copyright … fuels. PRC says that if Nepal invested in generating energy from its natural resources, particularly solar energy and hydropower, it could …
Article, 30 March 2022
Head and shoulders photos of five people alongside the words 'podcast 19' and "Make Change Happen".
A spur to action – getting money to the local level for nature and climate: Make Change Happen podcast episode 19
… China , and  Xiaoting Hou Jones , senior researcher in  IIED's Natural Resources research group . Together they discuss the mechanisms that need to be in place to …
Article, 21 September 2022
Women bends over a field.
Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge
Insight, 27 September 2021
Members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate the adoption of the decision on the new Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the closing plenary of COP16.
Historic platform for Indigenous Peoples, but finance failure at COP16
… win and a disappointment  Barbara Lassen, senior researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources research group, said: “In one way, the ‘COP of the people’ delivered, with a …
News, 06 November 2024
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… what evidence supported their decision?  Did they have a full set of natural capital data showing the contribution the wetlands made to the … data that give a much truer picture of the contribution that natural resources and biodiversity make to the country, both now and in the … (NEMA) , the NPA, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) , the IDEEA group , IIED and UNEP-WCMC . The project directly responds to demands to …
Insight, 09 January 2019
Floating boards on a lake, hiding the fish farming cages underneath
Lessons for building a natural capital legacy
… The process of creating natural capital accounts and the jump to using them to inform … decision-makers and with the general public? Do people even know what natural capital accounting (NCA) is? If they don’t, they probably won’t … data collection is streamlined and efficient Dedicate enough time and resources for field visits, as these complement the available data …
Insight, 16 August 2021