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Participants in a focus group for smallholder farmers and land administrators in Mali (Photo: Emily Polack/IIED)
What makes community engagement meaningful in the extractive industries?
… community engagement' means to different people, the potential for improving current practice, and priorities for further research. … to ensuring competing rights and interests are incorporated into development planning. A key question is how can these diverse goals be … forward. Contact: Sarah Best ( [email protected] ), of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets …
Insight, 14 March 2016
Business models for sustainable development
… success at scale. See our Overview briefing paper: Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment What are … energy service facilities. This will be achieved through policy reform and by demonstrating that alternative community-based … Business models for sustainable development …
Article, 10 May 2010
Study reveals immense importance of ‘invisible’ water to urban poor
… that people can use groundwater in a safe and sustainable way. "The policy trend is to promote the use of piped water but as our research … says co-author Dr Martin Mulenga. “In reality, transmission routes for harmful microbes are much more complex.” The researchers say that, … for groundwater to be included more often in plans and policies for integrated water resource management. Measures to improve recharge of …
News, 12 November 2010
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 will focus on "tough talk on poverty and climate"
2015 Development & Climate Days: tough talk on crucial transitions
… More than 200 policymakers, scientists and development practitioners attended the 2015 Development & Climate Days … the United Nations climate talks and provides an opportunity for policymakers, scientists and development practitioners to meet for … director of the UN Economic Commission for Africa's (UNECA) Climate Policy Initiative, spoke about Ethiopia's plans to build a zero carbon …
Event, 23 November 2015
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Community Wildlife Management in Southern Africa. A regional review
… moves further into a post-colonial, post-apartheid era, interest in sustainable use of natural resources has been heightened. In fact, in … and/or tourism, can often be the highest valued form of land use for non-arable land. ~The report gives a brief review of the extent and … forms of land use, such as cattle. The process of producing such policy needs to be speeded up, if a loss of incentive and participation …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Chart showing decentralised energy access – finance needed and contribution of climate finance (Image: Sarah Best/IIED)
The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
… benefiting people living in poverty, such as off-grid energy services for rural communities. The GCF board must take bigger risks, supporting … of skewed spending is all too likely. In the energy access sector, policy and investment is still far too focused on large-scale grid … Best ([email protected]) is senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . This post originally appeared on …
Insight, 24 June 2016
Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
Insight, 23 January 2017
Green economics – surviving the trial
… illustrate. The vision put forward by the GEC addresses the need for green economics to support the three pillars – social, economic and environmental – of sustainable development.  But comments from private sector … – and sustain this support when the vision is translated into hard policy? And is such an inclusive approach needed? The outcomes of the …
Insight, 17 November 2011
Dialogue participants visited ASM operations (Photo: Mkhululi Nkosilamandla Ncube)
Can ASM lead the Africa Mining Vision?
… to local development can be. One could even argue that the potential for achieving national development and regional cooperation presented a … in a socially-responsible manner, to promote local and integrated national development as well as regional cooperation". The … and promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration for change in both policy and practice.  Similarities between ASM dialogues and CMV …
Insight, 07 December 2017
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Hidden Harvest: The value of wild resources in agricultural systems - A Project Summary
… shortage and famine, to supplement income, provide genetic material for experimentation, medicines, food, utensils, craft and building … hence difficult to quantify. The Hidden Harvest Project of the Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Economics Programmes of IIED … of the value of the hidden harvest, and finally addresses some of the policy implications of realising and protecting the true value of the …
Publication, 01 January 1995