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Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. Quechua elders and women spoke …
News, 16 June 2023
Cover for G03400.pdf
Indigenous benefit-sharing in resource development – the Australian Native Title experience (PLA 65)
… of indigenous representation, negotiation and agreement-making over mining and development that is mandated under the Australian Native …
Publication, 01 June 2012
A Subanen harvest dance during a colourful street dancing competition of Kinabayo Festival. Community action by the Subanen tribe in Midsalip prevents mining companies from encroaching their land (Photo: Mark Navales/Google Licence)
Citizen power: Sustaining paralegal programmes to put knowledge back into communities' hands
… paralegal teams that successfully challenged concessions granted to a mining company. Similarly, in Mozambique, local paralegals supported by … the local community to write thousands of letters rejecting the mining project, including many from children. Soon after this petition action, the mining company pulled out.   Webinar participants agreed that a …
Insight, 14 October 2014
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… through which they are formulated. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Evidence to inform an action dialogue Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its … formalisation of ASM within a more inclusive and responsible mining sector. This 44-page country report from September 2016 provides …
Article, 28 December 2017
Cover for 17302IIED.pdf
The dragon and the giraffe: China in African forests
… 75 per cent of Africa’s timber exports. Investments in agribusiness, mining and infrastructure in Africa’s forest and woodland areas are …
Publication, 01 June 2015
Cover for 16530IIED.pdf
FPIC and the extractive industries: a guide to applying the spirit of free, prior and informed consent in industrial projects
… Oil, gas and mining companies are increasingly aware of the need to secure the trust … of IIED’s work to identify pathways towards inclusive and responsible mining. Follow the link to the project information below for more …
Publication, 01 March 2013
Cover for G03490.pdf
EITI and sustainable development: perspectives from Aktau, Kazakhstan
… global initiative to promote revenue transparency in the oil, gas and mining sectors that requires countries to declare the revenues they … of IIED’s work to identify pathways towards inclusive and responsible mining. …
Publication, 01 January 2013
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
… others) in Africa's informal economy – specifically in agriculture, mining and timber trade in Eastern and Southeast Africa. Read a … trade and investment ' examines Chinese trade and investment in mining, agriculture and forestry in Chile, Brazil and Peru.   Research …
Article, 01 August 2019
Fishing the ocean
Action for an ocean for all
… deep waters for fish or other living resources. Some see deep water mining as a valuable source of minerals, such as the  cobalt needed for …
Long read, 25 March 2019
Forestry tractor carrying fruits from a field
ALIGN: Advancing Land-based Investment Governance
Project, 22 September 2020