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A fishing vessel is dwarfed by a crude oil tanker in Singapore harbour, illustrating the impact oil prices have on sustainable fisheries (Photo: Andrew Thomas, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Plunging oil prices: what happens to our oceans?
… some, is bad for others. A number of countries that depend on oil and natural gas have been hard hit. Government revenues in oil producing … attention, is the implications of falling crude oil prices on natural resources. This is particularly important for the already strained … is a senior researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 15 February 2016
Poultry farming is part of the sustainable agriculture system, along with crop production and fisheries, at Songhai Centre, in Porto Novo, Benin (Photo: Mark Surman via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
LDC experts to share ideas on building productive capacity
… Research Forum (IRF2015) and also the LDC Independent Expert Group , several members of which are participating at the Benin … goods and services;  Substantially increase investment in human resources, infrastructure and energy to transform their economies;  … is one that generates jobs and growth, through activities that use natural resources sustainably and in ways that add value, without …
Insight, 25 July 2014
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Droits fonciers : le chaînon manquant pour la sécurité alimentaire au Cameroun
… Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 July 2019
Madizini in Tanzania grew from a village into an urban centre, initially because the local sugarcane plantations and factory needed workers. Now the town supports a wide array of businesses (Photo: Jytte Agergaard)
Reframing food security for an urbanising world
… with limited transport and communications networks and scarce natural resources – could become more impoverished, triggering more people to … ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . Read more: IIED's project on the impacts of urbanisation and …
Insight, 10 April 2017
Many flags
IIED and partner events at COP25
Event, 02 December 2019
Illustration showing a Java rhino
Harnessing carbon finance to arrest deforestation: saving the Javan rhinoceros
… in the Vietnam Red Data Book. Conservation through community-based natural resource management is a named goal, and countering the wildlife … took place in an iterative manner. First, interviews and group meetings were held with communities in the idea-generating … Natural resource management …
Project, 22 June 2011
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FGLG Malawi Policy Brief 3: Making community based forest management work
… Community based natural resource management has long been proposed in Malawi - but has … root. This policy brief by the Malawi Forest Governance Learning Group assesses why this has been the case and proposes a way forward. …
Publication, 01 July 2011
The panellists sitting on stage at the event
London Climate Week: is the world ready with its emergency response?
Insight, 03 July 2019
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
Two elephants.
Online learning series helps practitioners engage communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
… (IUCN ESARO) and the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (IUCN SULi) to conduct virtual familiarisation and awareness … is supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the ‘Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT)’ project, and will supplement the comprehensive …
News, 12 October 2020