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High-tech trawlers in the Faroe Islands. Ninety-five per cent of this tiny nation's exports is made up of fish (Photo: antonalfred, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turning the tide: creating incentives for sustainable oceans
… Six key questions In advance of this global event, we've been busy at IIED thinking through what it would look like to put SDG 14 into … developed an analytical framework (that can be viewed below or on IIED's Flickr site , where users can zoom into the image) that breaks … to achieving SDG 14 in practice. Dave Steinbach ( dave.steinbach@iied.org ) is a researcher in IIED's  Climate Change research group . …
Insight, 17 January 2017
Land cleared for palm oil in Riau Province, Indonesia. Only half of Riau's palm oil plantations have official permits (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights
… law. The latest issue of the yearbook includes an article by IIED's Lorenzo Cotula. In 'Land grabbing' and international investment … Dr Cotula, principal researcher in law and sustainable development in IIED's Natural Resources research group, explores whether investment …
Article, 13 October 2016
Cover for 17148IIED.pdf
Carbon rights legislation: not yet ready for private sector REDD+
Publication, 01 February 2013
Cover for 16039IIED.pdf
Knowledge networks: adding value to the East African apparel industry
Publication, 01 February 2013
Cover for 17725SIIED.pdf
Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para la adaptación al cambio climático
Publication, 01 September 2019
Cover for 17726SIIED.pdf
Por una distribución más equitativa del costo del cambio climático
Publication, 01 September 2019
Cover for 17656SIIED.pdf
Enfoques liderados por las comunidades en la lucha contra el comercio ilícito de fauna y flora silvestres. Estudios de casos de América Latina
Publication, 01 September 2019
Conference organiser Saleemul Huq receives the "Burtoni" award: from left to right: Ian Burton (IPCC lead author), Roger Jones (CSIRO), Atiq Rahman (BCAS), Saleemul Huq (IIED) and Richard Klein (SEI) (Photo: IISD)
2nd International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA2)
Article, 14 April 2016
Miombo woodlands in Southeast Tanzania. But can remote sensing technologies accurately detect the woodlands (Photo: Samuel Bowers)
How much can the eyes in the sky really tell us about deforestation?
… to combat deforestation? According to a recent study commissioned by IIED , the answer is that it depends: these technologies have to be used … should be used with caution. Xiaoting Hou Jones (xiaoting.hou.jones@iied.org) is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group ; Samuel Bowers …
Insight, 11 January 2017
How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)
It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
… available to address the needs of the poorest communities. This week IIED launches the 'Architecture of aid', a new interactive webpage that … an alternative model, driven by federations of the urban poor. IIED is also starting work on a major new change initiative looking at … the accountability of local and district governments. Other work by IIED, for example on decentralising climate finance in Kenya , Mali and …
Insight, 08 July 2015