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Sustaining the Multiple Functions of Agricultural Biodiversity
… Human communities worldwide have played a central role in shaping … diversity and its associated functions. Both natural processes and human management have generated and sustained a vast array of genetic, …
Publication, 01 January 1999
A woman sitting on steps, with colourful handkerchiefs arranged in front of her
Towards more inclusive urban health systems for refugee wellbeing
… and other services, and the barriers they face. In Kampala, IIED’s Human Settlements research group worked, for the first time, with a …
Project, 05 December 2019
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… The right to food was referred to in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the human right to water recognised in 2010 by the United Nations General …
Insight, 25 September 2015
Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)
Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
… women and men. It's about equal rights : The UN Charter of 1945 sees human rights and economic and social development as closely … for livelihoods, dignity and survival. Land rights are therefore human rights. As a result, any practice which allows women's land rights … about land use. Such changes are a cardinal requisite for fostering human rights and democracy in Africa. It's essential to improving …
Insight, 12 December 2014
Annual reports 2001-2006
… make up a wide range of goods and services that are essential for human wellbeing and vital for development. The 2005/06 Annual Report … IIED's work in urban areas over the past 30 years through its Human Settlements programme. While this report may be unique in the emphasis given to one programme, the key attributes of Human Settlements – partnership, working with local institutions, …
Page, 18 April 2005
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… climate change response. The chapter on adaptation in cities and human settlements in the subsequent report of the Intergovernmental …
Insight, 25 April 2022
A carpenter bee
Biodiversity on the brink: local people must shape nature’s new deal
Insight, 16 November 2018
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ISO 26000 and global governance for sustainable development
Publication, 01 February 2012
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… 'Distribution' is about the costs and benefits that affect human wellbeing; while 'procedure' is about the inclusiveness of … to environmental goals, and/or Compensate costs they incur (e.g. human wildlife conflict), and/or Reflect property rights (i.e. benefits … Services ,  Unai Pascual, Basque Centre for Climate Change What is human wellbeing? A locally driven, three-dimensional perspective, Emily …
Insight, 11 May 2015
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Improving governance of forest tenure: a practical guide
… Human well-being and the health of our whole planet depend on whether …
Publication, 01 September 2013