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Standing and seating men and women pose for a group photograph
Zambia’s chiefs champion gender equality in land and natural resource governance
… women’s rights to land, and increasing women’s participation in natural resource management, the USAID-funded Integrated Land and … and gender norms to ensure sustainable management of land and natural resources. As discussed in this previous blog , the USAID ILRG program … needs of their chiefdoms and leveraged existing relationships with key stakeholders. For many of the Royal Highnesses, it is difficult to …
Insight, 06 September 2021
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
Article, 24 August 2016
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… water, and often need a reliable good quality supply. Water is also key to support natural ecosystems such as wetlands and rivers that provide other … will ensure water for all.  Better accounting for integrated water resources management The United Nations is promoting a new way of … Natural resource management …
Insight, 05 April 2016
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… work in Burkina Faso (2008-12), we also focused on integrated water resources management in relation to the Kompienga dam. Bagré dam Bagré … pastoralism. Improving and increasing the production of rice is a key component of the government's national development policies. By the … long-term behavioural change, and Improve knowledge and methods of natural-resource management, and establish frameworks and operational …
Project, 16 February 2018
Members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate the adoption of the decision on the new Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the closing plenary of COP16.
Historic platform for Indigenous Peoples, but finance failure at COP16
… win and a disappointment  Barbara Lassen, senior researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources research group, said: “In one way, the ‘COP of the people’ … down language on human rights and gender equality across several key issues, with little push back from Parties present. This is a …
News, 06 November 2024
GWI influence - access and rights to irrigated land - planting rice - Selingue dam - Mali
Global Water Initiative: Mali
… concerned in the Sélingué irrigation scheme to identify the key challenges to establishing improved and appropriate agricultural … transferring to regional authorities the responsibility and resources for managing rural and urban water services, several … of the Sourou sub-basin. It showed that the area held significant natural resources, including: a reservoir on the Burkina Faso side, …
Project, 16 February 2018
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
Project, 16 February 2018
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… Water resources are increasingly under pressure in many parts of the world, … between users, both upstream and downstream in a catchment, is a key entry point for addressing water governance. The key challenge is … Water Initiative IIED has worked across sectors to address such issues, through a Global Water Initiative (GWI) programme that seeks to …
Project, 05 August 2013
Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.
Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
… A country rich in natural resources, Guinea is witnessing numerous large-scale investment projects … on how to comply with Guinean law and international good practice on key issues such as consultation and just and prior compensation.  It …
Insight, 15 May 2025
Landscape with a mine and blue sky.
Can the net-zero transition offer a new dawn for Africa’s industrialisation?
… in the global South, strategic partnerships may therefore be the key to exploit the increasing demand for critical minerals for … boom cycles, African countries have been plundered for their rich resources. Since then, African leaders have hoped mineral extraction … arrangements, offtake agreements, sharing of profits among other issues.  The partnership between these neighbouring countries is …
Insight, 16 May 2024