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Support for REDD+ readiness in Jamaica
… Mobilise foreign exchange in the form of carbon finance behind green development Help agriculture to diversify into climate-smart … attractions beyond 'sun, sea and sand', and Help re-green post-mining lands – always with an eye on benefits to the poor.   What is … ensure Jamaican leadership is designing a strategy that is equitable, sustainable and effective. The partners are as follows: IIED is managing …
Project, 21 April 2021
A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
… his words carried a special weight. In a country where small-scale mining is synonymous with environmental degradation, … The goal is to help transform ASM into the engine of local sustainable development that it has the potential to be.  Based on solutions-focused … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 17 October 2017
A man transports logs by bicycle. Services provided by informal economies, such as small-scale logging, are often not integrated into plans for green growth (Photo: Jolien Schure/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Informal economy and green growth conference pinpoints need for new policy agenda
… activity to international strategies for promoting green growth and sustainable development.  Green growth aims to deliver economic sustainability, … Benson, IIED Recognition as a first step: informality in artisanal mining , by Gavin Hilson, University of Surrey Domestic tropical timber … Sustainable markets …
News, 31 March 2016
MMSD – draft materials
… control, use and management of land Chapter 8: Minerals and economic development Chapter 9: Local communities and mines Chapter 10: Mining, minerals and the environment Chapter 11: A life-cycle approach … and Human Rights Society of St Columban RV Berkel (Western Australian Sustainable Industry Group ) Virotec TW Waelde World Bank Mining …
Article, 04 March 2009
Customers at a milk bar in Ndumbuini in Kabete, Nairobi. Research in Kenya has found that milk sold in this way had similar bacterial levels to those sold in formal markets (Photo: ILRI/Paul Karaimu)
What do street food, charcoal, gold, mobile phones and milk have in common?
… that's a big gold producer, IIED and the Alliance for Responsible Mining have found that 63 per cent of mining operations are informal in … unsafe, bad for the environment, bad for consumer health, and bad for sustainable development. The evidence doesn't always bear this out. For example: … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 17 December 2014
Building with wood in Africa could slash carbon emissions
… commissioned by IIED. In ' African timber cities: carbon sinks with development benefits? ', authors Mudit Sharma and Mokena Makeka compare … throughout the value chains of steel and concrete, and timber. Mining of raw materials for cement and steel, as well as processing and … management as well as establishing models to make certification for sustainable forest management affordable by small landowners. They could …
News, 27 April 2022
MMSD – final report
… materials MMSD – main project page Final report Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Drawing on the project’s two-year process of consultation … Sustainable markets …
Article, 03 March 2009
Publications covers collage
IIED's best of 2019: publications
… links to related blogs and project pages. 1 Biodiversity loss is a development issue. A rapid review of the evidence Issue paper From genes … to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the International Union for the … réforme minière au Mali : trois secteurs clés à améliorer  Briefing Mining is critical to Mali’s economy and post-conflict rebuilding, yet …
Article, 23 December 2019
Extractive industries and Indigenous and local communities
… Oil, gas and mining development historically leading to loss of lands, livelihoods and … and company self-regulation in framing relations between oil, gas and mining companies and Indigenous and local communities in Russia. This … Sustainable markets …
Project, 25 June 2008
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… consequences – are mobilising to demand urgent and serious action. 2 Development organisations beware! Biodiversity loss is not just an … of land use change in Africa – could also bring major innovations for sustainable development. 4 Women in the UN climate negotiations: are we … jungles present a critical urban governance challenge. 6 Mali’s new mining law: an improvement, but fails artisanal miners October:   …
Article, 27 December 2019