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Cover for G02490.pdf
Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples in Russia: Regulation, Participation and the Role of Anthropologists
… Oil, gas and mining development have historically led 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 …
Publication, 01 April 2009
A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
Article, 21 March 2016
An illustration mapping the interdependent relationships within the ASM sector (Image: Scriberia)
Illustrating the ASM challenges
… complex links to government, communities, consumers and the larger mining sector. To better understand the 'big picture', and see how these … link to one another, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has tried to map the ASM space.  The illustration … based on literature reviews, interviews with key actors in the mining sector and our experience. The image – which can also be found on …
Article, 19 June 2015
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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 … voice in deliberative decision-making processes related to their own development. The authors offer a three-level framework of transferable … link to the project information below for more information on Shaping Sustainable Markets. …
Publication, 01 March 2013
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… The Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project  supported African countries to use their national … their NBSAP with sectoral priorities, development planning and Sustainable Development Goal implementation processes. Statement on … the Tourism Strategic Action Plan The  Zimbabwe report identifies the Sustainable Development Goals as an opportunity. The  draft Botswana …
Article, 09 July 2013
Yanacocha Mine, in Cajamarca, Peru. The country's Supreme Court last year ruled in favour of a farmer that a US gold miner claimed was illegally occupying land it wanted to develop (Golda Fuentes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting community voices heard in investor-state arbitration
… A recent webinar jointly hosted by IIED and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CSSI)  looked at ways civil society groups are … on it. The case of Bear Creek v Peru Canadian investor, Bear Creek Mining Corporation, initiated an investor-state arbitration against Peru … solicitor and IIED associate focusing on law and sustainable development. Jesse Coleman ( [email protected] ) is a legal …
Insight, 05 March 2018
IIED's ASM workshop brought together stakeholders from across the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to share their experiences and perspectives (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Waking the lazy, sleepy giant
… IIED's two-day workshop bringing together artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) stakeholders provided a unique opportunity to generate a … and marginalised on the periphery of international and national development agendas. This first IIED visioning workshop was therefore a … included government ministers, academics, large-scale mining companies and small-scale miners, international donors, NGOs and …
Insight, 21 May 2015
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… From green economy plans to the Sustainable Development Goals, ambitions for growth have the word 'inclusive' built … the largest informal sector in West Africa. Artisanal and small-scale mining is also significant, employing up to 30 million people … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 10 March 2016
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… July 2017 The final guidance from the Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Policy and Planning Initiative brings together the learning … biodiversity in development planning processes in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sessions will look at successful … change plan and how to link up initiatives such as implementing the Sustainable Development Goals with managing biodiversity. The team will …
Article, 21 March 2014
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PART 4 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [THIS PART TO BE DEVELOPED]
… IN AFRICA 12.1 Southern Africa 12.1.1 Southern African views on sustainable development and approaches to sustainability appraisal The Council for … 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