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Open letter to Bill Gates on African land acquisitions
… and have reminded the government that all land, water, forests and natural resources constitute national assets for all citizens (see below for …
News, 11 February 2011
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
… in 2002. But there is also a wonderful team from the climate change group, communications, natural resources and human settlements who provide support, ideas and …
Insight, 11 December 2014
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 18 PRA learning methods in agricultural policy analysis: implications for training
… programmes to help foster cooperation agriculture and related natural resource and positive peer group pressure to facilitate management. Here the problems and issues …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Some ecological settings, such as drylands, which are home to a high proportion of the world’s poor, are poorly studied and have become the neglected 'ugly duckling' of biodiversity research (Photo: Marie Monimart)
What we know about how biodiversity and poverty are linked: The good, the bad and the ugly
… richer evidence base. Dilys Roe is a principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( [email protected] ). This post was first published on the …
Insight, 31 March 2014
The case of the coca leaf
… the Andes, himself included, chew this sacred leaf. Yet despite its natural benefits and cultural importance, international trade in coca is … is the remarketing of the coca leaf. Remarketing the coca leaf as a natural medicinal tea could provide alternative livelihoods for those …
Insight, 01 April 2010
A man in Uganda stands by a digger sitting next to a dirt road.
US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability
… of Papua New Guinea, local villagers find their claims to land and resources squeezed by concessions for petroleum, mining, forestry or … example. In recent years, communities who have felt wronged by large natural resource projects have brought their claims to national courts, … the Cambodia Legal Education Center , a Cambodian public interest law group, on behalf of villagers affected by a Thai-owned sugar cane …
Insight, 01 May 2013
Francisco Sagasti (Photo: CADE Peru via Flickr)
Negotiating a fair future at COP20
… held in Vienna . Tunisia and Peru negotiated on behalf of the Group of 77, which gathered all developing countries, alongside the … and growth objectives, which demands efforts to use the country's natural resources in a sustainable manner. Some of the biggest climate change …
Insight, 28 November 2014
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… leadership." Kumvana Mlumbe Legal officer at the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) – nominated by Maggie Banda, director of … a 16-day national level campaign against gender-based violence in the natural resource sectors – a critical issue that does not get enough … the capacity of women to access and sustainably manage fishery resources." [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mfNO6HBoKc] …
Article, 15 June 2020
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… affordable, sustainable and reliable energy services, productive resources and financial services. Also the provision of legal identity … consent of indigenous and local communities in decision-making and natural resources management,” but far more than this will be needed to … David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group. …
Insight, 09 July 2014
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… in practice This Accra Statement was issued by the African Leadership Group of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Policy and … public budget processes to integrate environmental sustainability Natural capital accounting: a tool for biodiversity mainstreaming? The … Namibia has completed its NBSAP, and the priority now is getting the resources in place for implementation. Likewise, in  Botswana , now that …
Article, 09 July 2013