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A farm in Uganda. There has recently been much debate about responsible investment in the agricultural sector (Photo: US Aid, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
… treaty reform could promote more responsible investment and advance sustainable development. The case for investment quality Time and time again we see an apparent paradox: …
Insight, 16 October 2017
Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)
Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
… Goals (SDGs)  since they were adopted last year marks a key moment for the implementation of the ambitious 15-year blueprint. The theme of … from rich to poor countries, including debt relief. The SDGs require integrated national planning for all countries. This universality … outlines an ambitious plan to implement the 2030 agenda across all policy areas nationally and globally. There is precedence here: Germany …
Insight, 25 July 2016
A stone gabion constructed to control erosion across a gully in the Namaqualand region. (Photo: Halcyone Muller / Conservation South Africa)
EbA Evidence and Policy: South Africa
… and promote sustainable development. IIED, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment World … climate change adaptation : strengthening the evidence and informing policy' (EbA Evidence and Policy) . Working with local partners in 12 … required to mainstream across the sectors and support a more integrated approach to development adaptation solutions; Mainstreaming …
Project, 31 May 2018
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012
A street in Freetown, Sierra Leone: involving growing low-income urban populations in urbanising countries will help result in more inclusive urbanisation (Photo: bobthemagicdragon, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In the world's poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test
… array of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , claims they are integrated and indivisible, and pledges that no one will be left behind. … to achieve the most with the least or be judged failures? Prizes for all? Despite the assertion that they are indivisible, the SDG … trying to keep people from moving to cities is a poor basis for rural policy – and an even worse basis for urban policy. As the SDGs begin to …
Insight, 07 June 2016
UN recognises IIED climate-change partner as Champion of the Earth
News, 28 January 2008
A traditional farmer in the Eastern Himalaya where indigenous communities use seed networks to protect their knowledge. Research should not publish details of traditional knowledge that could be used commercially without equitable benefit-sharing (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)
Striving for the highest standards in research ethics
… justice to guide our research. Our staff are committed to promoting sustainable development, improving livelihoods and protecting the … one of the reasons why IIED has spent the last year developing a new policy on research ethics (PDF)  (this was updated in November 2022), … discriminated against.  Many of these established ethical principles for research are intended to ensure that research subjects are not …
Insight, 14 June 2017
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Policies for Agricultural Sustainability in Northern Thailand
… of Thai financial institutions in 1997 and its chaotic consequences for the industrial sector, agriculture is now regarded as the main … is expected to be the major thrust of agricultural development policy.With these new changes, it is anticipated that policies that would enhance integrated land use systems, production systems for economic …
Publication, 01 January 2001
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Philippines experiences, lessons and challenges in environmental mainstreaming
… the need to include environment in major poverty reduction and development initiatives has never been so great. But integrating … environmental management and poverty reduction are considered to be policy priorities. Yet they have been treated as two very separate … – as in the case of overuse of soils and forests, ‘raiding nature’ for temporary gain. This report offers a ten-point agenda for improving …
Publication, 01 April 2012
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Chapter 14 DONOR APPROACHES
… DONOR APPROACHES Gibson (2002) notes that "bilateral and multilateral development aid agencies have been moving along various paths towards … in leading local development practice (e.g. in the application of sustainable livelihoods approaches) as well as in policy guidance. Links between assessment and sustainability are also …
Publication, 01 January 2002