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Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… recovery. To do this, ALIGN is pursuing three key actions: Tracking trends : to support appropriate responses, it is necessary to know what … decisions on where to target our work.    Robust policy and legal framework support : well-formulated policies that provide clear, … increasing global changes, of which COVID-19 is only one. We have the tools and ability to build back better. Let us avoid the quick-fix …
Insight, 29 January 2021
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… times feel overshadowed by influential opponents and daunting global trends. But when taken together, individual stories of creativity, … NGO working on grassroots justice. More resources on lessons around legal empowerment Around the world, citizens' groups are taking action … the environment for a fairer and more sustainable world. The Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment initiative shares tools and tactics among …
Insight, 07 March 2016
A small farm.
Strengthening land governance, local to global
… to develop learning materials for governments, civil society and legal professionals The International Land Coalition and its members, to support peer-to-peer learning , participatory trends monitoring and public reflection on land governance issues Donors and development finance institutions, to develop tools and analysis for integrating VGGT guidance in their work, and The …
Project, 04 June 2020
Women walk along a red dirt road in Benin.
Is the tide turning for Africa’s investment treaties?
… investment protection with a wider set of policy goals. Take the legal requirement for the two governments to accord to each other’s … While Africa has so far been at the margins of these shifts, this trends is now affecting African countries as well. But is having … were shared last week at a civil society workshop on ‘Legal Tools for Accountability in Agricultural Investments in Southeast Asia’, …
Insight, 08 March 2013
Investment treaties could mean governments bear big financial costs contesting 'land grabs'
… Investment treaties may be exposing governments to legal cases that could result in disproportionately high levels of … Project background This research was prepared for ' Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment ', a programme to strengthen local rights … the linked report: Democratising international investment law: recent trends and lessons from experience …
News, 09 July 2015
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
Article, 23 September 2020
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
Article, 23 December 2020
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
Article, 31 December 2015
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… and millions of livelihoods lost unless there is a change in current trends. This report sets out a clear and achievable vision for the … public debate. Download the report  and see IIED's recently expanded legal tools website area . …
Article, 29 December 2014