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A saltwater crocodile
Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them
… COVID19, while immediate actions must obviously be taken to protect human health and safety, a singular focus on curtailing wildlife use … much use in itself, but how to ensure sustainability. The growth in human populations, economic activity and global trade in the last 50 … now unregulated wildlife markets have demonstrated their threat to human health. The COVID-19 outbreak could act as a catalyst for enhanced …
Insight, 01 April 2020
Cover for 12603IIED.pdf
Community perspectives in investor-state arbitration
… in such cases include concerns about communities’ enjoyment of human rights, their access to land and natural resources, exposure to …
Publication, 01 June 2017
Cover for 17354IIED.pdf
Nature’s stewards: how local buy-in can help tackle wildlife crime in Uganda
… Local people and wildlife officials identified mitigating human–wildlife conflict, supporting sustainable livelihoods and …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Testing the water in Kenya's Tana River watershed. The river's ecosystem is being affected by a range of factors. Public and private organisations are exploring ways to improve ecosystem management (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
'Sustainable development science' for transforming our world
… the links between ecosystems, the services they provide, and human wellbeing. It offered the first assessment of how these links were … being degraded – this disintegration of the natural foundations of human life is at least as significant as climate change. From … and ESRC, have drawn on MA understanding, exploring ecosystem service-human wellbeing links in 50 countries. As chair of ESPA's board, I took …
Insight, 09 October 2015
Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
Critical themes at IIED
… the IIED Debates series. 2020 Critical theme: Can insurance promote human wildlife co-existence? This event due to discuss the potential role of insurance in mitigating human-wildlife conflict was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A …
Article, 05 March 2021
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
… it transcends party politics and Left or Right. It is a matter of human survival.” Engaging young people Brundtland paid particular … are also needed to ensure democratic accountability, respect for human rights and safeguarding the interests of vulnerable groups in … Brundtland quoted the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states "All human beings are born free and equal in …
Article, 15 June 2018
Cover for 12587IIED.pdf
Foreign investment, law and sustainable development: A handbook on agriculture and extractive industries
… investment treaties, extractive industry legislation, land tenure, human rights norms, environmental legislation and tax law. The main …
Publication, 01 February 2016
Cover for G04346.pdf
Addressing Climate Change in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… reverse, many of those gains over the coming decades. As the 2013 Human Development Report for Peru stated succinctly, "If we disregard … whatever progress we have made in poverty reduction or improvement of human development will just be erased due to climate change.” Climate …
Publication, 01 February 2014
There is no more time to waste to stop twin crises of nature’s destruction and climate change
News, 06 May 2019
Cover for 17297IIED.pdf
Making the links between woodlands and wellbeing: a multi-stakeholder approach
… recognised and agreed, how can policymakers balance the dual needs of human development and environmental stewardship? The ACES project …
Publication, 01 May 2015