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Cover image from EITI and sustainable development: Lessons and new challenges for the Caspian region
Study shows how to improve Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
… declare the revenues they receive from companies in the oil, gas and mining sectors, and requires companies to declare what they pay. In May, … improve lives and ensure that extractive industries operate in a sustainable, environmentally responsible way. The report focuses on … that can provide the basis for great improvements in national development, so long as there are strong institutions, greater …
News, 14 March 2013
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… woodland areas, some directly engage in logging and others, such as mining, infrastructure and agribusiness, affect forests and rural … and African stakeholders to address emerging critical issues such as sustainable investments, illegal logging and rural livelihoods. Our goal … Each of these countries hosts important China-Africa sustainable development challenges. They are countries in which the scale of Chinese …
Project, 22 September 2014
The 36-page print version and online Annual Report highlight IIED's wide range of work to ensure global fairness (Image: IIED/We Are Tangerine)
IIED's 2014/15 annual report: shaping a fairer future
… focuses on how IIED is delivering its mission to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence in partnership … IIED's director, Andrew Norton, in which he welcomes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sets out the institute's future agenda. … IIED's partners around the world, from the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia to the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. The Annual …
News, 15 October 2015
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… into question. Download the report . 4. 'Post-2015' international development goals: Who wants what and why 2015 will be a watershed year … on company-led grievance mechanisms This book shows that giant mining, timber, and oil and gas projects provide lessons in how … agencies often see as only as a problem — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according …
Article, 27 December 2013
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… how IIED uses these four impact pathways to build a fairer and more sustainable future. Impact pathway 1: Multi-stakeholder dialogues IIED's … 2018 we held a series of dialogues for artisanal and small-scale mining. Our  action dialogues in Ghana, Madagascar and Tanzania  brought … Basin, the IIED-led consortium  CoNGOs  is helping to create more sustainable and equitable livelihoods from community forests. In July …
Page, 24 October 2018
Three men look out over a pond
China in the world
… of alternative rules and institutions informed by Chinese ideas of development and sustainability. The Chinese vision of ecological … . Our current 'China in the world' programme of work focuses on the sustainable development challenges and opportunities of China’s overseas … chains in different commodities, and on artisanal and small-scale mining and fisheries in Africa; and identifying leverage points within …
Article, 01 August 2019
A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.
Legal empowerment as action research
… processes of change. The concept of legal empowerment To paraphrase development studies scholar Naila Kabeer , empowerment is the process … notion of empowerment because of its frequent misuse, such as when development organisations claim their activities ‘empower’ disadvantaged … Bamako on providing legal literacy support in villages around large mining concessions. Activities mobilised not only law lecturers but …
Insight, 11 January 2022
A deep-sea fishing trawler
Helping the LDCs negotiate the high seas
… driven by technological advances such as deep-sea fishing, seabed mining and the exploitation of marine genetic resources by … comprehensive global regime to better address the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national … papers and statements in support of high seas conservation and sustainable use. We are producing policy briefings for LDC negotiators …
Project, 17 May 2018
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… face of some inter-community violence, Save Lamu has supported the development of a Biocultural Community Protocol, uniting 45 villages … displacement of 4,300 families in the community of Marange by diamond mining operations. ZELA worked with members of parliament from resource … the rights of citizens and the environment for a fairer and more sustainable world. The Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment initiative …
Insight, 07 March 2016
Facing the Future: The report of the MMSD Australia Project
… The Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Australia project was a 15 month process of … the minerals sector could best contribute to society's transition to sustainable development; build trust and understanding between …
Publication, 01 January 2002