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Two small boats full of fishers on the water.
Fish Nights: promoting knowledge and inspiring change in fisheries
… world's biggest issues concerning sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, human impact on oceans, and marine and coastal ecosystems. So far, there … on a wide range of topics such as: The deep sea and the impacts of human activities on this fragile environment Sustainable fisheries and …
Article, 10 December 2020
Climate change leaving women vulnerable to slavery, bonded-labour and trafficking
… drought and powerful cyclones are making women more vulnerable to human trafficking and forms of modern slavery, including bonded labour, … continue to turn a blind eye to the forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking that’s being fuelled by climate change. Addressing … Climate Change, to end modern slavery (including forced labour) and human trafficking Involve affected communities in decision making …
News, 20 September 2021
Woman standing in water, fishing using a big netted basket.
Reflections on UNOC3 and strengthening coastal stewardship
… livelihoods.  At another event, ‘our ocean, our rights: centring human rights and communities in achieving SDG14’, Andurah Daxon, …
Insight, 23 June 2025
Three people working in a paddy field.
Investment governance in Cambodia: a window of opportunity
… investment governance with sustainable development objectives, and human rights, environmental and climate obligations. …
Insight, 20 May 2022
A small fishing boat on the sea.
Author interview: 'Small-scale fisheries in Europe: status, resilience and governance'
… exist tends to consider the environmental and biological, rather than human, aspects of their work. So, we wanted to shed some light on that … sector and the kind of challenges they face. Q: When you talk about ‘human’ aspects you mean in terms of how much local coastal economies …
Article, 28 June 2022
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Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
… driving a global crisis. Governments have responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These changes may … restrictions on the operations of conservation agencies, and elevated human threats to nature. We identify the immediate steps necessary to …
Publication, 01 August 2020
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Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
… depends, is being lost at an unprecedented rate. And the diversity of human cultures which has sustained biodiversity for millennia is fast …
Publication, 01 July 2020
Two women struggle to wade through flood waters that reach chest level.
Bangladeshis facing anxiety, hair loss as non-economic losses and damages due to climate change mount
News, 11 October 2022
Group of women and a young child walking in a field.
Recognising women’s land rights in Togo: a glimmer of hope
… un Développement Humain Durable (rural self-promotion for sustainable human development, or ADHD), works to promote rural development in Togo …
Insight, 12 June 2025
Condensed housing borders a grassy area which has litter strewn over it.
Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s
… were murdered in the ‘dirty war’. IIED invited Jorge to set up a Human Settlements programme in its London office in 1977. But he was …
Insight, 27 September 2023