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A group of women in a forest smile as they hold out handfuls of coffee beans
Producer agency and voice in certification schemes
… enhance (or not) the livelihoods of producers while also addressing environmental issues. Trying to do both, while offering low prices to …
Insight, 26 March 2021
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… having more trees.” Paula Caballero, Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Government of Colombia: “We now have to make very … to work together,” said. Lidia Brito, Director of Science Policy and Capacity Building, Natural Sciences, UNESCO, Mozambique: “If …
News, 20 June 2012
A canopy above the entrance to a mine. Written on the canopy is 'Bienvenidos a Marmato" - welcome to Marmato
Mining reforms have left Colombia’s artisanal miners behind
… for large-scale operators – such as the granting of mining licences, environmental licences, tax exonerations (Spanish language)  and … as regulatory barriers have prevented miners from securing the environmental licences that accompany mining permits. In the early … This would protect employment and could be leveraged to reduce the environmental impacts of ASM in the long run.  With thanks to Nicolas …
Insight, 15 April 2020
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
… Sandy will it take to build a groundswell for change in US climate policy? Some pundits tell us that there was a significant shift in … What difference will it make for China’s willingness to address environmental and social issues domestically? As Selena Wang Thomas … With Kerry supporting a much more visible and engaged climate change policy, perhaps we can build momentum into the currently moribund global …
Insight, 07 January 2013
Cebu, Phillipines
6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
… focus on the importance of local governments in development and environmental management and this has included the involvement of …
Insight, 07 September 2012
Women walk along a red dirt road in Benin.
Is the tide turning for Africa’s investment treaties?
… more carefully to reconcile investment protection with a wider set of policy goals. Take the legal requirement for the two governments to … say little or nothing about the duty of investors to comply with environmental regulations, for example. Again in line with some recent … and other public-interest goals. This includes: the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development elaborated by the United …
Insight, 08 March 2013
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… RAMPAO Secretariat, Senegal; Michael Winer, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, Australia; Michele Andrianarisata, Conservation … (CoopeSolidar, Costa Rica), Duan Biggs (ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Australia), Johnson … other lawyers and practitioners to review the body of international environmental and human rights law in order to identify a set of minimum …
Event, 12 November 2014
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PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
… Harvey and Leonard Mukosha Challenging mindsets: CLTS and government policy in Zimbabwe Samuel Rukuni Scaling up CLTS in Kenya: … to encourage debate around key aspects of CLTS in order to improve policy and practice. The Communication Initiative Network: The Drum Beat … a contribution to equity, health, poverty alleviation, and improved environmental quality. International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) …
Article, 01 November 2010
Cover for 17238BIIED.pdf
Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview (Burmese language)
… and wording of these treaties imply important trade-offs between policy goals. The ramifications can be expensive (the record payout to … billion), far-reaching (affecting issues well beyond investment policy, including public health or environmental measures), and difficult to withdraw from (because the …
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: investor-state arbitration (Burmese language)
… on issues they consider their right to regulate, including taxation, environmental protection and public health. Historically, arbitrations … and this is at odds with the public scrutiny appropriate for public policy issues. Some states are increasingly cautious in consenting to … and reforms have increased transparency in some arbitration rules. Policy choices on arbitration require careful consideration of costs and …
Publication, 01 September 2014