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Two people in a boat on a large body of water, next to a group of hippos bathing
Biocredit Investment Operations (BIO): finance for nature and people
… Sustainable markets …
Project, 22 May 2023
Two men sat behind a desk chat to one another, with the Forest Governance Learning Group logo in the background
Forest Governance Learning Group
… forestry. How it works The Forest Governance Learning Group is an informal alliance of 10 in-country groups of partners in … Governance project In 2014 the work of the Forest Governance Learning Group led to the creation of the China-Africa Forest Governance project … of Chinese investors in support of resilient African land use and a sustainable China-Africa forest products trade. …
Project, 07 September 2013
A net full of cod
Fishy business at IIED
… it would set an important precedent for direct payments to encourage sustainable fisheries elsewhere. While newspaper readers across … of FishNet. This is a new online platform, which IIED's Sustainable Markets Group has created to bring together people with an interest in … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 10 December 2013
Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries
… demeaning as that sounds – at the other. LDCs: the beginnings The LDC Group was established in the late 1960s to ensure development aid … of goals and targets set by various global frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals, IPoA, the Paris Agreement on climate … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group .  …
Insight, 29 June 2016
Cover for G04301.pdf
People centred advocacy for a more sustainable food system
Publication, 01 April 2018
Artisanal fishermen in the Philippines. In a nation made up of 7,100 islands, small-scale fishing provides livelihoods to hundreds of thousands of people. (Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Revealing the value of small-scale fishing to national economies
… Ina Porras is a senior researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group and part of the ocean and fisheries economics programme. In this … Sustainable markets …
Article, 23 May 2018
A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… Kenya's informal dairy markets are central to the livelihoods, food security and nutrition of … ([email protected]) is a consultant researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . Related resource: Legitimising informal markets: a case study of … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 03 November 2015
Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot
Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best
… identified in line with the women’s current work and skills. The group leader facilitates regular meetings where women can share … circumstances of each community helps create organisations that are sustainable and independent. Forest and farm producer organisations … embroidery, working in partnership with designers to target various markets. Products are sold through the SEWA Bazaar , a platform for all …
Insight, 27 March 2023
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
Article, 17 February 2020
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015