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Site discussions to integrate biodiversity into mine planning and operations (Photo: SANBI)
Mining for common ground: putting biodiversity on South African mining companies' agendas
Article, 21 March 2016
A fish market in Vĩnh Trường, Vietnam. More than 300 million people are directly or indirectly employed by the fisheries sector, and must be addressed by the oceans SDG (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A sustainable ocean by 2030
… states to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development." This is a significant milestone. … short-term economic losses as a result of command-and-control type natural resource management regimes. And it is far harder for … researcher in environmental economics in the Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 14 September 2015
The influx of migrants and refugees onto the island of Lesbos was met with an influx of responders from various sectors who often did not effectively collaborate early on in the response (Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee)
Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
… agencies on how to make best use of existing local services and resources.   But humanitarian agencies often arrive with preconceived … are increasingly sites for humanitarian crises such as conflict, natural disasters, forced displacement and outbreaks of disease. But, as … Archer, a senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group, explained: "One of the key points coming out of our research into …
News, 26 October 2016
Strengthening pastoral civil society in Senegal
… Senegal offered real opportunities for local people to have a say in natural resource management and planning, and how their areas should be … national policy making processes with respect to land and other resources. …
Project, 04 September 2008
Women farmers in Dodel, in Northern Senegal, take a break by the water pump (Photo: Philippine Sutz/IIED)
Q&A: Getting women's land rights recognised
… Philippine Sutz is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . With commercial pressures on land having increased in Senegal …
Article, 19 March 2018
Patently obvious: intellectual property rights could support small producers
… has a single owner. But ownership of a trademark may be shared by a group of producers, each of whom have the right to use the mark – these … they do not automatically encourage the sustainable management of natural resources. Other factors, such as land rights, play an important role in …
Insight, 14 November 2011
Land cleared for palm oil production, Indonesia (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
… and local communities in the face of commercial pressures on land. Resources  Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface … Natural resource management …
Insight, 17 February 2016
The Sumatran rhinoceros
World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
… and a billion overfed, we are putting terrible strains on both the natural and human fabric of our earth. These strains are only likely to … for Sustainable Development make a strong commitment to putting natural and social capital into the accounting rules for business at the … ahead, effective delivery of the agreed programme and mobilisation of resources to make it happen. China’s leadership of this agenda will be …
Insight, 17 September 2012
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… They set out a community’s rights and responsibilities relating to natural resources, to help communities defend these rights and negotiate with … resource rights. For example, the Bushbuckbridge healers are a group of 80 healers in South Africa who developed a protocol which …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Trafficking of wildlife, driven by escalating demand for products such as elephant ivory, is a booming market worth US$19bn a year (Photo: Nonprofit Organizations via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
International push to tackle illegal wildlife trade risks missing potential of sustainable use
… IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) specialist group on Sustainable Use and Livelihoods — notes that wildlife is one of … of Congo and Central African Republic through the illicit trade of natural resources, including wildlife and wildlife products. Well-targeted law …
News, 11 February 2014