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Brazil ambassador Carlos Sobral Duarte addresses a meeting to define the key elements of a draft treaty to govern the high seas (Photo: IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon)
Moving a step closer to protecting the high seas
… tipping points, dumping crippling amounts of waste, slavery, human and drug trafficking and so on. Moves to govern the high seas …
Insight, 02 August 2017
Cover for 10020IIED.pdf
Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific
… The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where …
Publication, 01 November 2007
Prolonged flooding in Vietnam in 2011 left thousands homeless and exposed to health risks. The research projects will focus on building resilience to climate change (Photo: EU/ECHO)
Ten projects receive funding for research into climate change resilience
News, 03 October 2014
Cover for G01089.pdf
Sharing power. Learning-by-doing in co-management of natural resources throughout the world
… for the management of natural resources is a fundamental attribute of human communities. Not all social responses to resource management … situations or major development schemes delivering environmental and human tragedies too often do occur, ushering in human and environmental tragedies. What do we know about the root causes …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Cover for 9225IIED.pdf
Wildlife and People: Conflict and conservation in Masai Mara, Kenya
… of Kent. The programme trained Kenyans to research and monitor human-wildlife conflict in the Masai Mara ecosystem, in particular the … recovery of the black rhino population; the impact of tourism; and human-elephant conflict. The findings were discussed and disseminated at …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Cover for 11070IIED.pdf
Biodiversity for the Millennium Development Goals: What local organisations can do
… evidence of the positive links between biodiversity conservation and human well-being. In practice, however, biodiversity conservation and … recent review shows that community-led conservation can contribute to human well-being and to the achievement of many Millennium Development …
Publication, 01 March 2007
Cover for G01252.pdf
Traditional knowledge protection and recognition of customary law: Policy issues and challenges. Background Paper
… commercial use of TK, international and national policy processes, human rights fora and indigenous peoples'/NGO proposals. It is intended … and initiatives for TK protection. 6. Agreements and fora on human rights and indigenous peoples. 7. Protecting TK on the basis of …
Publication, 01 May 2004
Men and women sit on the floor to talk with computers and paper in front of them
SAGE Support Package (online)
… (including threats to conservation, positive and negative impacts on human wellbeing, and rights of importance to local people) and detailed …
Article, 16 July 2021
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… on issues at the intersection of climate adaptation, ecosystems and human resilience. By showing examples of application in various … concept which embraces socio-economic, environmental and political (human rights) issues of indigenous peoples' worldwide. It offers an … in assessing the positive and negative impacts of protected areas on human wellbeing and related governance issues, and applying these …
Event, 01 September 2016
Cover for 17012IIED.pdf
Sustainable Markets Investment Briefings: Overview
… The goal is to provide accessible but accurate information for human rights, development and environmental organisations working on …
Publication, 01 September 2007