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Negotiations went long into the night at COP20 in Lima, Peru, but the road to dignity seems no clearer (Photo: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel, via Creative Commons)
Can the road to Paris lead to the road to dignity?
Insight, 15 December 2014
Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
… pollution (threatening ocean wildlife), and developments in seabed mining and the rush to exploit marine genetic resources by …
Insight, 11 April 2016
Rural landscape with plants growing in the land. People gather in the background
IIED at 50 must be ready to listen and change: Liz Carlile and Tara Shine in conversation
… leaders in rainforests. You know, we work with leaders in artisanal mining – and the LDC leaders. We help them to tell their stories. Maybe …
Article, 19 August 2021
Annual reports 2001-2006
… in two new fields – a major study on sustainable development in the mining and minerals industry and an extensive programme of work to …
Page, 18 April 2005
A Chinese journalist interviews fellow journalists in Kenya (Photo: YiDe Media)
China-Africa relations: Fresh perspectives from Chinese journalists on environmental challenges
… China's situation. For instance, after witnessing how a large Chinese mining company in Zambia was required to conduct a stringent …
Insight, 02 May 2014
Cover for G02169.pdf
PART 4 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [THIS PART TO BE DEVELOPED]
… 2004 (one for government officials and practitioners; another for the mining sector). There was strong consensus that any framework for SA …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host the EXPO trade fair in 2017. Credit: Ken & Nyetta/Flicker (Creative Commons)
Kazakhstan: Green economy of the future?
… Review subsidies and other incentives, notably in the oil and gas, mining and agricultural sectors. Subsidies should address the social as …
Insight, 30 January 2014
Sign on community property near Kampala, Uganda (Photo: Rachael Knight/Namati)
Using the law for resource justice
… a legal-aid programme that helps communities address the impacts of mining, forestry, and agribusiness. SDI asked ISLP for guidance and …
Insight, 28 April 2015
Bornean orangutan. Photo: Terry Sunderland
Great apes: Their fate is ours
… palm products. We all have dealings with banks that invest money in mining or oil businesses. Consumers can play a key role in the …
Insight, 24 October 2013
"A masterpiece of the world's intangible heritage", bark cloth is processed to be used in fashion, accessories, house wares, interior design, and other forms of art (Photo: David Nkwanga)
Field visits to highlight community-based adaptation in Uganda
… under serious threat from human extractive activities such as sand mining, hunting (involving burning), and poaching for birds, eggs and …
Insight, 25 April 2017