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Intellectual property tools for products based on biocultural heritage
… misuses and imitation, and assesses their potential to contribute to sustainable development. Intellectual property law is used mostly by … face significant difficulties in acquiring IP rights in important markets. But particular forms of IP - such as geographical indications and trademarks, which can recognise and support group rights - may be better suited to use by groups or associations of …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… locally-controlled forestry schemes if it wants to seriously support sustainable forestry and to reduce deforestation levels in the country. … 40 million hectares of indigenous lands, supported 327 proposals for sustainable activities in these lands, and financed 162 projects … $ 15/kg of oil). The oil is sold to Natura ™ company, which markets the product internationally. The local cooperative, called …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Supporting smallholders: markets, rights, or sovereignty?
… rules and values. He claimed that trying to connect farmers to global markets doesn’t work. “Almost 99% of the more than quarter million … for small-scale farmers over food production, consumption, seeds and markets. And it means focusing on locally controlled agroecological food … more and more commercial”. Katarina Eriksson, from the Tetra Laval group, agreed, adding “our experience is that it is definitely possible …
Article, 09 March 2011
Participants in a focus group for smallholder farmers and land administrators in Mali (Photo: Emily Polack/IIED)
What makes community engagement meaningful in the extractive industries?
… forward. Contact: Sarah Best ( [email protected] ), of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets initiative is managed by Emma … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 14 March 2016
A small fishing boat off the Albanian coast (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Three things I learnt from a small-scale fisherman in Albania
…  ( [email protected] ) is a senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 23 January 2018
A woman wearing a chef's uniform and hat poses in front of a breadmaking machine
Getting personal: tailoring support to power up Tanzania’s rural businesses
… who have been among the first to electrify in their village. But in markets in sparsely populated rural areas such as Njombe, unfettered … were thinking about genuinely innovating or trying to break into new markets. An example of a ‘high-growth entrepreneur’ was a miller … interested in packaging and selling flour to shops in more distant markets, rather than just processing maize locally.  Such businesses may …
Insight, 01 December 2020
Supporting small-scale farmers: rights or markets?
… the enforcement of basic human rights and a pro-poor development of markets. This was the conclusion of a seminar Rights-based versus … working at the interface between small-scale production, markets and development. A quick show of hands at the seminar’s start … types of initiatives,” said Katarina Eriksson, from the Tetra Laval group. “Thailand, for example, has built its whole dairy industry on …
Article, 09 March 2011
A man in traditional robes bending to inspect crops in a large field of green vegetation
COP29 must deliver bold commitments to limit catastrophic climate impacts
… climate negotiator from Sudan and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group , I can see the potential of COP29 as a beacon for ratcheting up … such, a significant acceleration in progress is required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 , which calls for affordable, reliable and sustainable modern energy access for all by 2030. Expediting climate …
Insight, 11 November 2024
Paul, a gold prospector in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR)
Six steps forward for African mining
… environmental damage and the lack of effort to make mining operations sustainable. The two events running in parallel highlight the industry's … and the people-centred are starting to converge. A shift towards sustainable mining?  For the first time, the Mining Indaba agenda … is senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 01 March 2017
The solar panels at this rural health centre in Uzbekistan help provide power for electricity and heating. A safe, reliable and affordable energy supply allows the clinic to improve the quality of medical services it can offer (Photo: UNDP in Uzbekistan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Civil society coalition calls for inclusive Sustainable Energy for All agenda
… to safe, reliable and affordable energy, and for environmentally sustainable and efficient energy systems globally.  The SE4ALL … of ACCESS – CAFOD, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, Greenpeace, HIVOS, the International Institute for … society forms the third pillar of the Secretary-General's High Level Group's framework for action alongside government and the private …
News, 18 May 2015