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Hidden handbrakes: an Open Space conversation
… IIED senior press and PR manager Nina Schoonman , researcher, IIED's Human Settlements research group Event coverage You can watch a …
Event, 25 June 2024
Four man stand aroun a table with a caiman on it. Two men hold its head and tail and another one hold a measure tape over the animal
Assessing the sustainability of wild species use
… in the wake of COVID-19, there has been increasing attention to the human and animal health and welfare aspects of wild species use. … relation to the use of wild species. The tool adds animal welfare and human health to the conventional ecological, economic and social …
Project, 17 March 2023
A group of people form a circle in the forest. One person is speaking
Diversification for climate resilience: a global priority
… ‘The human worlds’  – episode five of David Attenborough’s ‘Green Planet’ … series – should be compulsory viewing for anyone concerned about human survival on Earth. Thanks to expanding industrial monoculture, two …
Insight, 10 October 2022
A herd of cattle standing on top of a dry grass field with smoky chimneys in the background
Climate action is being held back by ‘hidden handbrakes’
Insight, 18 May 2023
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COVID-19 and the sites of rights resilience
… responses to COVID-19 have exposed the ambiguous relation between human rights and the state – configuring the state both as a threat, … is emerging as an important theme in debates about the future of the human rights regime post COVID-19. Yet the state is but one core part of a multi-layered landscape of human rights actors. For a start, we know that many human rights …
Insight, 26 May 2020
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Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking
Publication, 25 May 2022
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Rapid response mechanisms: proactive legal support for communities
… in the course of operations, desecrate local ecosystems, violate human rights and destroy sacred sites. Legal advocates usually get …
Insight, 10 May 2024
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Private insurance policies launched to protect elephants in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… In 2018, 96 people and 319 elephants were killed in incidences of human-elephant conflict recorded by Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife … expand the use of private insurance further to other countries where human-wildlife conflict is growing. …
News, 06 October 2022
Women hands weeds to another one in a field
Reconciling power imbalances in conservation
… effective community-based conservation to safeguard biodiversity and human wellbeing. The top 15 topics ranged from movement away from …
Insight, 11 May 2023
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EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: an appraisal of its sustainable development section
… force remains to be seen, particularly as tensions over reports of human rights violations in China escalated in tit-for-tat sanctions and … political economy. This open access article from the Business and Human Rights Journal reviews the sustainable development section of the …
Publication, 26 May 2021