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Plans to protect forests could do more harm than good unless power is in local hands
… The report draws on the work of Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) teams in ten nations in Africa and Asia to promote decision … must be built from the bottom up," says James Mayers, head of IIED’s Natural Resources Group and co-author of the FGLG report. "Strategies are …
News, 24 August 2011
A view of the Houses of Parliament, home of the Environmental Audit Committee which has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals (Photo: Skeeze, via pixabay)
SDGs 'not just for overseas'
… the current proposals, drawn up by an inter-governmental UN working group, reflect the complexity of this agenda. There is a risk that by … and Trade Agreement (CETA) Foreign direct investment in land and natural resources (e.g. overseas fossil fuel subsidies), and Agricultural …
News, 15 December 2014
A view of the Houses of Parliament, home of the Environmental Audit Committee which has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals (Photo: Skeeze, via pixabay)
MPs warn UK government against limiting sustainable development goals
… and Trade Agreement (CETA) Foreign direct investment in land and natural resources (e.g. overseas fossil fuel subsidies), and Agricultural … risk destabilising the agreements put in place by the UN Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals . Read the EAC report . …
News, 15 December 2014
Tidal damage on the small island nation of Kiribati. Small island developing nations, especially the atoll nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID)
Paris Agreement must stand on three pillars
… the lives and livelihoods of current and future generations or natural ecosystems. The current mitigation pledges are more consistent … in reports and reviews. It would also provide a clear overview of resources and improve the efficiency of tracking the delivery and … climate law, policy and governance team in IIED's Climate Change Group . …
Insight, 01 June 2015
Someone puts the final piece of a jigsaw into the puzzle
Is SDG evaluation just business as usual?
… to unsustainable consumption and production, unequal distribution of resources and poor respect of human rights. Development aid, as we know … Reflect on the foundations of sustainable development: the natural system, equitable prosperity, economic progress, and democratic …
Insight, 21 April 2020
Peru’s Belen Valley is a landscape largely uninhabited by humans, but home to hummingbirds, the spectacled bear and more than 50 species native to the area (Photo: Leendeleo via Flickr)
Have your say: Enabling forest landscapes to score Sustainable Development Goals
… Camilla Toulmi n, Paula Caballero, senior director of Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice at the World Bank, Peter Holmgren, director … discussed were: In light of the SDGs proposed by the UN Open Working Group, what specific action is needed during the period up to September …
Event, 16 December 2014
Indonesia meeting to show how forests can bring sustainable benefits to all
News, 02 December 2009
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… they represent will be heard. The work of IIED Members of IIED's Natural Resources Group and their research partners attended the congress, and played a …
Event, 07 September 2015
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
International climate adaptation conference says 2015 summits must address the needs of the world's poor
… Climate Change Secretariat, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which hosted this year's …
News, 29 April 2015
Mainstreaming biodiversity, poverty reduction and development
… mainstreaming that had been conducted among members of the CBD Expert Group on Biodiversity and Poverty Eradication.  Jessica Smith from … (PDF) : Marie May Jeremy, Seychelles Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport Biodiversity mainstreaming in Namibia (PDF) : …
Article, 09 October 2012