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The case of the coca leaf
… By purchasing Guayakí Yerba Mate, consumers are contributing to the sustainable product practices and reforestation of the Guayakí … principle of renewable resource management, supported by consumers of sustainable products, Market-Driven Restoration™. Guayakí Yerba Mate is … could be another form of ‘market-driven restoration’. With coffee markets back on the rise , there could be room for other naturally …
Insight, 01 April 2010
A close-up of a young girl, amid a crowd of people, looking at a mobile phone being held up for her
A play on Wordle: using games to communicate climate issues
… way. If a word game that is taking the world by storm and a climate group had a baby, you'd get #AGreenerWordle . If you love climate … One final hurdle was ensuring that the director of our climate change group was on board with our plans. Not only did she greet the idea …
Insight, 15 March 2022
A young woman in a greenhouse (Photo: Tamara Kaunda)
Attracting Zambia's youth to agriculture: it's about time
… strength and brains of Zambia's fast-growing youth population.  The ' Sustainable Diets for All ' program run by Hivos and IIED recently … The partnership with Dr Kaunda is through the youth food change lab group called the ' Youths for Sustainable Foods '. Change labs are … unpaved roads that scarcely connect rural areas with relevant markets, to poor information on market prices. The growth of …
Insight, 29 January 2018
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IIED's Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) Knowledge Programme
… Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 January 2014
A group of men and women stand around an array of plants on the ground
Archive of completed forest-climate action projects
… economics team and, latterly, the Climate Change research group to position forests as an essential component of climate action … on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) such as a global review of markets for forest environmental services and their impact on the poor … in a way that benefited small-scale enterprises and promoted sustainable development outcomes. Designing REDD+ to promote sustainable …
Article, 20 December 2021
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Stimulating Sustainable Trade Phase 2 Overview Report November 2000
… Document begins: Stimulating Sustainable Trade Phase 2 Overview Report November 2000 Edited by Nick Robins and Tom Fox Sustainable Markets Group International Institute for Environment and Development 3 … Stimulating Sustainable Trade Phase 2 Overview Report November 2000 …
Publication, 01 November 2000
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Debt swaps for climate and nature: innovation for resilience? Make Change Happen podcast episode 8
… Commission for Africa ; and Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . A solution to a pressing problem In the context of the COVID-19 …
Article, 12 November 2020
Construction of Hyderabad’s new metro. The first phase, covering 30km and 24 stations, opened in November 2017 (Photo: banjaxx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities
… ) is a senior researcher with IIED's Human Settlements research group and senior economist with the Coalition for Urban Transitions . … Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities …
Insight, 09 January 2018
Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
… others held with Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the UN Special Representative on Sustainable Energy for All. This was an opportunity for experts from … will. Yumkella has proposed the creation of an African Energy Leaders Group  to act as champions promoting transformative investment in energy access, starting with a regional group in West Africa. These champions also need to understand the …
Insight, 31 July 2014
Smoked fish is a delicacy in Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Protecting Cameroon's forests: a fishy business?
… repaid in a single three-month fish smoking cycle.  Exploring new markets But the work does not stop there. If this regional delicacy can … be reinvested in revolving loan funds. These funds can be loaned to group members to pay for the new stoves and buy in bigger fish stocks – … by the Department for International Development to develop more sustainable and equitable livelihoods from community forests in the …
Insight, 28 July 2017