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Mali – A pathway out of crisis
… relations between communities, and joined up management of land and natural resources, central to the maintenance of peaceful co-existence between …
Insight, 14 May 2013
A group of people pose for a picture, behind words that say "Gobeshona Global Conference 1"
Gobeshona Global Conference 1
Event, 18 January 2021
Four women standing in a tool shop.
Q&A: Are you ready for the Dragon’s Den at CBA14?
Article, 26 August 2020
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015
A farmer's house and sugar cane field in Cambodia, where there is concern about large-scale investment in sugar plantations driving local people off the land (Photo: Brian Hoffman, via Creative Commons)
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… this happen. Lorenzo Cotula is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group  and leads the institute’s work on legal tools. This blog is a …
Insight, 20 October 2014
Bhutan has committed to remain carbon neutral, mainly thanks to its high forest carbon sequestration capacity. Some people say that trees in Bhutan have legal rights, referring to the constitutional mandate for 60% of our land area to remain forested for all time. (Adam Brill, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
Insight, 28 August 2018
Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… social threats facing humanity. Climate change, population shifts, natural resource scarcity and the rapid extinction of species will put … Sustainability -- which launches today with the support of a diverse group of founder signatories that includes IIED --  could set a course … the political and business world and that we urgently need to group together and make a collective noise, a collective cry.. to say …
News, 20 March 2013
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The Pastoral Women's Council: Empowerment for Tanzania's Maasai
… empower indigenous communities to secure their access and rights to natural resources and to have their role in the management of these resources recognised. Thus, PWC has not only improved tangible aspects …
Publication, 01 August 2008
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
… What many consider an issue of limited freshwater availability in the natural environment is, in fact, a combination of physical, … ) is a consultant working with IIED's Human Settlements research group . She was previously project officer and researcher for WSUP …
Insight, 12 December 2017
Commercial logging in Tengchong, China. Photo: Simon Lim
Supporting locally-controlled forest enterprises
… A commercial right to use forest resources is a powerful incentive for local people to keep forests … indigenous and family foresters — the Three Rights-Holders’ Group — to promote investing in locally-controlled forestry at a global …
Article, 11 September 2013