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Key words related to mining and sustainable development (Image: IIED)
Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come?
Insight, 07 June 2012
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
… written with contributions from David Dodman , acting head of IIED's Human Settlements Group , and Mike Day , visiting researcher at IIED.  …
Insight, 24 November 2015
Drilling for oil in Mali.
IIED urges G8 to see transparency as critical step on road to accountability
News, 14 June 2013
The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))
Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results
Insight, 16 January 2017
Communities and municipal authorities are working more closely together to improve Zimbabwe's low-income neighbourhoods (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Co-learning for inclusive cities
… have been re-taught". Diana Mitlin is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group ( [email protected] ).  …
Insight, 09 April 2014
When infrastructure is not provided, or not affordable, the urban poor find their own way around the problem, as in Delhi, India, where electricity is tapped
Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up
… Diane Archer ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog, which was originally …
Insight, 15 December 2017
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
… Diep ( [email protected] ) is a consultant working with IIED's Human Settlements research group . She was previously project officer …
Insight, 12 December 2017
Reacting quickly to events, as these 100m runners are to the starting pistol at the 2012 Olympic Games, is just as essential in communications (Photo: Marc, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why communication matters – and needs to be funded
… the experience of the 42 years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment  in Stockholm in 1972. Which is great. So what have I …
Insight, 08 September 2015
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… forest cover, biodiversity conservation, family livelihoods and human well-being, so that they can improve the design and delivery of …
Event, 04 December 2016
India's urban poor threaten to cripple Mumbai's air and rail links
News, 29 May 2007