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Situational Analysis Report (Sri Lanka): Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… A national assessment of human wildlife conflict in Sri Lanka that will help guide the design of an insurance scheme. The report reviews the extent of human wildlife conflict and its impacts of people and elephants, its …
Publication, 01 July 2019
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Islands of responsibility? Corporate sourcing of artisanal cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… production mined artisanally. Much maligned environmental, social and human rights abuses within the artisanal sector are driving corporate …
Publication, 22 September 2021
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AB Consultants: mitigating risks for people on low incomes
… Zambia and Mozambique. They offer grassroots-level market research, a human-centred design approach to product development, help with strategy … Addressing the impacts of human-wildlife conflict AB Consultants and IIED are working together to … will offer protection to low-income households from damage caused by human-wildlife conflict (HWC) , primarily from elephants. In many …
Article, 13 June 2022
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
… characterised as ‘natural’, ‘intact’ or ‘wild’ have long histories of human use. Hunter-gatherers, subsistence farmers and pastoralists have … cultures, three worlds must be in balance to achieve wellbeing: the human, the wild, and the spiritual. For Quechua people, balance between … Limbu people in north Bengal, wisdom is based on ‘wholeness’, where human actions are accountable to the natural world, ancestors and …
Insight, 16 August 2021
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Nature-based solutions or the ecosystem approach?
… framework that can both halt biodiversity loss and deliver for human wellbeing. In this backgrounder, we explore the concepts of …
Publication, 19 May 2021
A house on stilts above a body of water.
Introduction to housing justice
… futures. This work builds on the longstanding experience of IIED's Human Settlements research group in promoting housing approaches that …
Article, 05 October 2021
COVID-19 crisis shows governments can also act to save nature and the climate
… “Nature, ecosystems and the climate remain in crisis. Never in human history has the threat to the survival of plant, animal, insect … is an irreversible event that decreases the resilience of natural and human systems on a permanent basis. “The key global summits due to take …
News, 22 April 2020
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Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
… out in accordance with international principles for the protection of human rights and legitimate tenure rights, including those specific to …
Insight, 15 May 2025
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Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan
… vice-president of Costa Rica, Ms Grynspan is a renowned advocate of human development and has helped to focus the world’s attention on … Opening the lecture Dr David Satterthwaite , senior fellow in the Human Settlements research group at IIED , reflected on working with …
Event, 06 December 2021
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IIED welcomes new chief operating officer
… Souza was founder and chief executive officer of People Prime , a human resources, capability building and business support agency in …
News, 20 February 2023