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What would sustainability in the North mean for development in the South?
… thoughtful video by the Bolivia-based Democracy Centre shows, though, mining for ‘clean technology’ minerals is likely to be every bit as contested as mining for more conventional resources like coal, gold and diamonds. …
Insight, 08 July 2010
Screengrab of a map of indigenous peoples’ territories in the Peruvian Amazon (Image: IBC Peru)
Creating a global 'land rights family': from knowledge to action
… the government.  Kathrin explained: "If you want to know where Peru's mining concessions are found, you can download the permits online for …
Insight, 14 March 2018
A traditional farmer selects seeds in the Eastern Himalayas, India. (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)
Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant
… into policies across sectors — from agriculture, tourism and mining policies to financial strategies and budgeting. With one more …
Insight, 10 March 2014
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… public policies and market forces fostered a wave of agribusiness, mining and petroleum investments in low and middle-income countries. … cycles have been associated with many arbitrations stemming from mining, petroleum and agribusiness projects. These international …
Article, 04 March 2019
Three men look out over a pond
China in the world
… chains in different commodities, and on artisanal and small-scale mining and fisheries in Africa; and identifying leverage points within …
Article, 01 August 2019
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… through PFM or CBNRM alone. Commercial agriculture, biomass energy, mining, infrastructure, spreading urbanisation are the real drivers of … drivers of land use change: agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and mining. Fencing off people from forests will not deliver results.  Notes …
Insight, 23 December 2015
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 8 Comparison of RRA and intensive residential study: the case of Marit, Plateau state, Nigeria RRA Workshop Participants (Marit Team) and Newcastle University Expedition
… and small- seems little doubt that RRA can quickly scale tin-mining. The people of Marit are generate adequate information for rural …
Publication, 01 January 1993
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… food security while also enriching tree cover, as I explain below Mining and infrastructure development are the third major cause of …
Insight, 22 October 2018
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Tested tools for righting resource wrongs
… to secure community land and resource rights , companies such as mining giant Rio Tinto, the forestry company Stora Enso and the food …
Insight, 14 October 2013
Investment treaties could mean governments bear big financial costs contesting 'land grabs'
… more directly in relation to land rights. Agribusiness investments, mining and extractives, special economic zones, tourism and …
News, 09 July 2015