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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
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
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MDG3-ch3.qxd 31/8/05 9:45 am Page 55 55 3 Conservation with social justice? The role of community conserved areas in achieving the Millennium Development Goals
… Roe(1) I. INTRODUCTION If the entire planet's population depends on natural resources and systems, why is there such inadequate provision for their … and Ashish Kothari are members of Kalpavriksh ­ Environment Action Group, India. Ashish Kothari is also Co-chair, IUCN Theme on Indigenous …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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
Event, 16 December 2014
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
Common land resources are important to rural communities in much of Africa (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Securing the commons
… Natural resource management …
Project, 11 June 2008
Indonesia meeting to show how forests can bring sustainable benefits to all
… The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) findings are critical as governments are on the brink of … about forests is vitally important,” says James Mayers, head of the natural resources group at IIED. “It can mean the difference between corrupt …
News, 02 December 2009
Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field
Insight, 29 March 2011
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
Article, 09 October 2012