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Men filling plastic containers with water. Niger.
Clean drinking water is about people, not pipes
… we consciously decide to exclude one in 10 people from the basic human right to clean drinking water? What was extraordinary in this …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Fairtrade and formalisation for small-scale miners
… no shoes or helmets while wielding a pick axe against a rock face. Human rights are often violated in small-scale mining sites — child …
Insight, 18 February 2011
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
Insight, 17 April 2015
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… Colenbrander is senior researcher, David Dodman is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group . …
Article, 14 February 2018
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… and intercropping, terracing and the use of diverse crop varieties. Human, animal and crop wastes were systematically recycled to maintain …
Insight, 26 March 2015
People installing solar panels in a field
Accelerating energy access with aggregation
… reach disadvantaged communities, balancing financial returns with human impact returns. It is important investors recognise this different …
Article, 13 November 2019
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RRA Notes 21: Participatory Tools and Methods in Urban Areas
… Jan Johnson Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City Gustavo Romero, Patricia Nava and Lilia …
Article, 01 November 1994
Indigenous communities sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, near Cusco, Peru. Credit: Asociacion ANDES
Traditional innovation in farming is under threat
… Organization, only about 30 crops now provide 95 per cent of the human diet. Governments need to recognise that innovation by farmers is …
Insight, 02 October 2013
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
News, 16 November 2010
Construction of new homes designed with community inputs in Gorakhpur, India (Photo: Nivedita Mani and team)
Urban communities are devising their own solutions to build resilience
Insight, 24 February 2015