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Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
Article, 01 April 2010
A gate blocks access to the customary lands of the Long Teran Kanan people in Sarawack. Malaysia has seen a huge expansion of oil palm plantations backed by international investors. The customary rights of local people are often ignored (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investment treaties, land rights and a shrinking planet
… expands its reach, growing global consumption is placing the world's natural resources under unprecedented pressure. Petroleum and minerals … opportunities to challenge and demand accountability. For example, indigenous peoples have taken encroachments on their ancestral lands to …
Insight, 08 July 2015
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How to boost investment in locally controlled forestry in Mexico
… to groups of landless laborers, whereas comunidades recognised indigenous peoples' claims to their land. These systems, of which there are about … decision making unit about issues such as land use, production and natural resource management. For Mexico’s forestry to reach its … Natural resource management …
Insight, 01 October 2013
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PLA65: Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… rural communities in the global South – including some 370 million indigenous peoples – directly depend on biodiversity and related traditional … – in which communities set out their customary rights to natural resources and land, as recognised in customary, national and …
Publication, 01 June 2012
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Starting a journey – reflections on race and racism and the work to do in our organisations and our sector
… and climate action risk losing the value of these local and Indigenous cultures – both their intrinsic cultural value as well as for … heart of the way we see climate justice.   The power relations, human resources and relationships in our fields of work are skewed in ways …
Insight, 15 December 2021
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
… We know from our research that indigenous peoples play a key role in conserving both the traditional knowledge and … ([email protected]) is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 16 January 2017
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Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up
… For indigenous peoples round the world, traditional knowledge based on natural resources such as medicinal herbs forms the core of culture and …
Publication, 01 June 2009
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Is this a climate change issue or a human rights issue?
… drip irrigation. These interventions – which have built on indigenous practices like pond management, and have used locally … staff about the policies that govern control of, and access to, water resources. Rich people are better placed to win competitive leases to … And this could help encourage a more pro-poor approach to natural resource management. We discussed developing mechanisms for …
Insight, 29 March 2011
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IIED focus on outstanding women in sustainable development
News, 08 March 2018